🚨JUST IN: Eagles Sign Another HUGE Australian Offensive Tackle | Eagles News On Laekin Vakalahi
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Published 2024-05-04
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Howie Roseman and the Eagles put together a terrific Philadelphia Eagles draft class, which includes the likes of:
Quinyon Mitchell
Cooper DeJean
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
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The Eagles put together a good Eagles UDFA class:
Gabe Hall
Kendall Milton
A couple of developmental offensive tackles with good size
Eagles News:
Howie hasn’t stopped as the Philadelphia Eagles have signed ANOTHER Australian Offensive Tackle: Laekin Vakalahi, a 6'5", 318-pound 21-year-old from Brisbane, Australia, who has never played a down of American football. He has been signed by the Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent to develop on the offensive line with an international player roster exemption.
Sounds a little bit like Jordan Mailata, who was discovered by the Eagles as a rugby player Down Under and was taken by the Eagles in the 7th-round of the 2018 draft and is now a top 5 highest paid tackle in the National Football League.
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Laekin Vakalahi Info, Laekin Vakalahi Story from ESPN:
"In fact, rather than playing football or any other sport in recent seasons, Vakalahi, who boasts 35-inch arms, 11-inch hands and an 83-inch wingspan, has spent the past two years completing his mission service in Wellington, New Zealand. How he came onto the Eagles' radar this offseason is a story of pure chance, and the extent to which the international search for talent reaches for teams like Philadelphia, with General Manager Howie Roseman's scouting department having previously registered early scores in the region.
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"It's a bit of a funny story. My mum and my dad were in Hawaii just on a holiday, and a friend of Eagles international scout Chris Naeole walked past my dad and saw he was a big guy and he started talking to him... they had a conversation and my dad said I've got some boys, so they started talking about my younger brother Kobe. He's a big boy but he's not of age," Vakalahi told ESPN.
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How can us Eagles fans not love this move. Lets effin goooooo! Fly Eagles Fly!!
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Hey Chase, Steve from Brisbane, Australia here mate. Fairdinkum mate, Laekin will shine and be very successful under the JS university. There is plenty of potential talent here, its just matter of tapping into it. Go Eagles, we are going back to the Superbowl in 2025. Keep up the good work champion.
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REALLLLL ONEEEEE!!! GO BIRDS 🦅
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Mailata 2.0! Let’s go! 🦅
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WHATTT?? AWESOME BRING ALL THEM AUSSIES HERE!💚🦅💚
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Stoutland is extremely valuable! Clearly!
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absolute awesome move. Like it makes complete sense you have mailata already in the building.
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REAL ONE!!! 🦅🦅🦅
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There is also an English professional rugby union player named Harry Mallinder currently at the Eagles rookie minicamp trying out as a punter.
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Great story, great coverage as well! 🦅
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Fly Eagles 🦅 Fly. Coach these players up ! Let’s get it on!!!!
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Go Bird's fly 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅💚💚🦅🦅💚💚💚
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You got my sub with this vid 💪🏾. I’ll be here all year. Good job brother.
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GO EAGLES! Melbourne Australia in the house!
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No risk high reward. Let keep developing our players so we can stay in Championship contention for years to come
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Way to go Howie 🦅🏈💚
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Howie is the best frickin GM in all sports!! He is so focused on developing the Eagles 🦅 as the premier team on the planet.
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Go Eagles fly Eagles fly
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Starting to look forward to next year also
