Bleeding Green Nation
An early look at how Philadelphia’s roster is taking shape.
With free agency and the NFL Draft behind us, now’s a good time to take a look at how the 2025 Philadelphia Eagles depth chart is shaping up. We first examined the offense and we’ll continue today with the defense before moving on to special teams. After that, we’ll post our first 53-man roster projection ahead of the upcoming season. (For fun, take a look at how the roster looks compared to last year at this time.)
1 - Nolan Smith
2 - Jalyx Hunt
3 - Azeez Ojulari
4 - Bryce Huff
5 - Joshua Uche
6 - Patrick Johnson
7 - Antwaun Powell-Ryland
8 - Ochaun Mathis
9 - KJ Henry
R - Brandon Graham (retired)
Smith made a big developmental leap as the 2024 season went along; the 2023 first-round pick produced 11 sacks, 16 quarterback hits, and 12 tackles for loss in his last 16 games played. As a rookie, Hunt looked way more ready to play than many expected him to be. The Eagles are counting on the 24-year-old to make another leap from Year 1 to Year 2. Ojulari has struggled with injuries to this point in his career but he’s been productive when healthy. Huff’s future on this team is unclear. Vic Fangio clearly doesn’t want to play him (see: Huff being a healthy scratch in the Super Bowl) but Howie Roseman might not be ready to take the L on the Eagles’ most expensive free agent signing from last year. Uche has been productive in the past but there’s no guarantee he earns a roster spot. The Eagles view Johnson as a fringe roster player who can at least play special teams. APR is intriguing as far as Day 3 picks go; he was pretty productive as a pass rusher in college. But he’ll need to prove he can hold up against the run to earn Fangio’s trust. Mathis and Henry are long shot players who have legitimate NFL experience. Graham is obviously done playing but he currently still counts towards the Eagles’ 90-player roster limit until the team officially places him on the reserve/retired list after June 1 (clears $1.255 million in cap space at that point).
1 - Jalen Carter
2 - Moro Ojomo
3 - Jordan Davis
4 - Ty Robinson
5 - Thomas Booker IV
6 - Byron Young
7 - Gabe Hall
This time next year, Carter could very well be the highest-paid defender in NFL history. He’s incredibly impactful and it’ll be interesting to see if he can make a real run at Defensive Player of the Year this season. Ojomo only has one career sack but he’s been more disruptive than the stat sheet indicates. The Eagles will be counting on him to help replace Milton Williams’ role. The Eagles clearly still have hope for Davis after picking up his fifth-year option. And this despite Davis’ playing time shrinking...
