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2025 NFL draft: Ranking the 100 best picks, steals, fits - ESPN
4. Jihaad Campbell, LB, Philadelphia Eagles (Pick 1-31). My final overall ranking: No. 15. I like Campbell’s fit in Philadelphia as much as I dig the 16-spot value the Eagles got by selecting him in this spot. We just saw Zack Baun have an All-Pro season as a triple-threat linebacker in Philly. Campbell is in the same mold but is arguably faster and stronger with higher pass-rush potential. He’ll need some time to recover from surgery to repair a torn labrum, but no other team develops front-seven defenders like the Eagles. [...] 37. Ty Robinson, DT, Philadelphia Eagles (Pick 4-111). My final overall ranking: No. 51. Robinson was one of the best value adds in the draft, as the Eagles got a player ranked just outside my top 50 early in Round 4. Robinson is more accomplished as a run stopper than a pass rusher, but the Eagles are as good at developing defensive linemen as anyone in the NFL. Their tutelage makes me confident of Robinson’s higher grade coming to fruition. [...] 61. Andrew Mukuba, S, Philadelphia Eagles (Pick 2-64). My final overall ranking: No. 86. Mukuba was further down my board because of concerns about his hard-hitting style combined with a smaller frame. But he could start in Week 1 for the Eagles because of his range, playmaking traits and versatile alignment skills. [...] 87. Smael Mondon Jr., LB, Philadelphia Eagles (Pick 5-161). My final overall ranking: No. 79. A Georgia defender to the Eagles? Those tend to work out. Mondon is fast and agile, and he has sideline-to-sideline range. He needs to work on diagnosing speed, but he’ll get the space and time in Philly to do that.
2025 NFL Draft: Measuring value for every NFL team’s picks - PFF
Philadelphia Eagles. Top Pick: LB Jihaad Campbell (Pick 31). Biggest Steal: T Cameron Williams (Pick 207, PFF Big Board Rank 93). Biggest Reach: CB Mac McWilliams (Pick 145, PFF Big Board Rank 256).
Eagles Film Review: Jihaad Campbell has the chance to be one of the best linebackers in the NFL - BGN
I’ve seen a lot of talk about whether he will play EDGE or off-ball, and I think it’s a bit simplistic. I’m almost sure he will play as an off-ball linebacker and then rotate to EDGE pre-snap. This means he may sometimes rush the quarterback from the EDGE position, but it will be because of a pre-snap shift. I don’t expect him to come out on 1st down and immediately line up at EDGE as part of a 4-2 front. He will be an off-ball linebacker who will play some EDGE, just as Zack Baun did. He’s not an EDGE defender. I expect Campbell to start immediately from day one and beat out Jeremiah Trotter throughout training camp. Trotter is a more instinctive player, but he can’t...
