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The Philadelphia Eagles, a professional American football team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1933 as a replacement team for the Frankford Yellow Jackets, after the Yellow Jackets went bankrupt and ceased operations.[1] After the AFL-NFL merger was completed, the Eagles were moved to the current NFC East division. Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as "the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft.[2] Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second-worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.[3]
The Eagles' first selection as an NFL team was Jay Berwanger, a running back from University of Chicago.[4] The Eagles have selected number one overall three times, drafting Jay Berwanger in 1936, Sam Francis in 1937, and Chuck Bednarik in 1949,[4] second overall five times, and third overall three times.[4] Three eventual Hall of Famers were selected by the Eagles: Steve Van Buren, Chuck Bednarik, and Bob Brown.[5] The team's most recent first round selection was Brodrick Bunkley, a defensive tackle from Florida State University.[4]
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- a Selected number one overall
- b Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
- c The 1941 pick was traded to Chicago Bears.[6]
- d This was a lottery bonus pick.[7]
- e The Eagles obtained this choice from Detroit.[4]
- f Eagles traded their 1953 first round pick to Los Angeles Rams.[8]
- g Eagles traded their 1959 first round pick to Los Angeles Rams for Norm Van Brocklin.[4]
- h Eagles traded their 1962 first round pick to St. Louis Cardinals for King Hill.[4]
- i Eagles traded their 1965 first round pick along with Lee Roy Caffey to Green Bay Packers for Jim Ringo and Earl Gros.[4]
- j Eagles traded their 1974 first round pick and 1975 first and third round picks to Los Angeles Rams for Roman Gabriel.[4]
- k The Eagles traded the 1976 1st round pick to Cincinnati Bengals for Mike Boryla.[4]
- l Eagles traded their 1977 1st round and 1978 1st and 2nd round draft picks to Cincinnati for Bill Bergey.[4]
- m The Eagles traded the 1989 draft pick to Indianapolis Colts for Ron Solt.[4]
- n Eagles traded their 1991 and 1992 first round draft picks to Green Bay, for Green Bay's 1991 first round pick.[4]
- o The Eagles had obtained a 1993 first round pick (13th overall) from NFL as compensation for the departure of Reggie White. Eagles then traded this to Houston for their 1st pick plus their 3rd round selection.[4]
- p The 1995 pick was obtained from Tampa Bay in exchange for Eagles' 1995 first round pick (12th overall) in the first round and picks 43 and 63 in the 2nd round; Eagles also received Tampa’s 3rd round pick (72nd pick overall) in 1995.[4]
- q In 1997 Eagles traded their 1st round pick (22nd overall) to Dallas in exchange for the Cowboys’ 1997 1st round pick (25th overall), 1997 5th round pick (155th overall) and the Cowboys’ best 1998 3rd round pick.[4]
- r The 2003 first round choice (15th pick overall) was obtained from San Diego in exchange for Eagles' 2003 1st round pick (30th pick overall), and 2003 2nd round pick (62nd pick overall). That 2nd round pick was acquired from Green Bay for CB Al Harris and a 4th round pick in 2003.[4]
- s The 2004 1st round draft choice (16th pick overall) was obtained from San Francisco for Eagles' 2004 1st round pick (28th pick overall) and the 2004 2nd round pick (58th pick overall).[4]
- t Eagles traded their 2007 1st round draft pick (26th overall, used to select Anthony Spencer) to Dallas for the Coyboys' first second-round selection (36th overall, acquired from Cleveland in a trade, used to select Kevin Kolb), their third-round selection (87th overall, used to select Stewart Bradley), and their fifth-round selection (159th overall, used to select C.J. Gaddis).[9]
- u Eagles traded their 2008 first-round selection (19th overall) to Carolina for Carolina's 2008 second- and fourth-round selections (43rd and 109th), and Carolina's 2009 first-round pick.[10]
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