Moorehead is the son of Emery Moorehead, tight end on the Super Bowl Shuffle ’85 Bears, so he might have extra insight into father-son NFL dynamics.“He told me, ‘Hey, man -- I’m gonna take care of your son, but I’m gonna coach him hard and do what I need to do to make him the best player he can be,’ ” Montae Reagor said. Rookies Jalen Reagor and Jalen Hurts speak to the media ahead of their first Training Camp. “I’m extremely excited for him for this opportunity and very gracious; it’s by God’s grace.”As Reagor stated in his tweet, dreams of playing in the NFL began at a young age after watching Montae and the Indianapolis Colts win the Super Bowl in 2006. Reagor’s connection to the franchise runs deep, his father Montae, played defensive tackle for the Eagles in 2007 and was a coaching intern for the team in 2011. '"The Reserve/COVID-19 list was created for a player who either tests positive for COVID-19 or who has been in close contact with an infected person or persons.Reagor recognizes that making up for the lost time will be difficult but said Tuesday that he looks forward to the challenge. Reagor is the son of former NFL defensive lineman Montae Reagor, who played in 2007 for the Eagles. “This year was very difficult for him but overall the institution has been great and the people have treated him fine; they’ve treated him with nothing but respect and much love. It is the daily grind that Reagor, Hurts, and the rest of the rookies will experience for the first time. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the second round of the 1999 NFL Draft, and also played for the Broncos, Indianapolis Colts and Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. "I feel like I've known those guys for a minute," Reagor said about Hightower and Watkins. Wentz has no experience with this type offseason, and if all things go well, no one outside of this rookie class ever will.
Among the other former Eagles who have been awarded minority coaching fellowships with the Eagles are Correll Buckhalter, Mike Caldwell, William Fuller, Greg Lewis, Lito Sheppard, Tra Thomas and Duce Staley. Montae was the team’s Ed Block Courage Award winner that year, for his comeback from the accident.Get Eagles analysis in your inbox as they prep for the season.“They didn’t think I would ever walk again, didn’t think I would ever see,” Reagor said. They wake up and head to the NovaCare Complex in the morning, work out, eat lunch, sit through meetings, get on the field for a walkthrough, feast on dinner, and go home for the night.
Reagor worked with his uncle and wide receiver guru David "D-Rob" Robinson, who has worked with the likes of Antonio Brown, Emmanuel Sanders, Sterling Shepard, and Reagor's draft classmates, Jerry Jeudy and Denzel Mims.The rookie safety sounds like a veteran when it comes to his preparation and regimen.Jalen Hurts was asked Tuesday about the advice fellow quarterback Carson Wentz has bestowed upon him about being rookie in the National Football League.The head coach opened Training Camp by saying that he feels "extremely safe and this is a great environment" amid the COVID-19 pandemic.PepsiCo marks renewed partnership with Philadelphia Eagles by bringing the excitement to the doorsteps of lucky fans. "That's the reason why this organization drafted me. Jalen, then 7, would only have come in on weekends for games here and there.
You know, why wait? Indianapolis - Indianapolis Colts Coach Tony Dungy told reporters Monday that defensive tackle Montae Reagor is alert following a car crash on the way to the game Sunday. He played college football for Texas Tech University, and he was recognized as an All-American. Get the latest news, ... Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer agrees to multiyear contract extension. He said as the draft grew near, he became “excited that the possibility might be there” for them to reunite. To make up for the lack of in-person instruction, Jalen Reagor, the Eagles' first-round pick, told reporters Tuesday that he and fellow rookie wideouts John Hightower and Quez Watkins were in constant communication through text and FaceTime in an attempt to learn as much as possible from afar.That's just fine for Hurts, who, like all of the Eagles, is ready to get after it.The Eagles' head coach is 'full steam ahead' with Training Camp here.Unfortunately, this offseason has been anything but normal as COVID-19 has forced the NFL â and the entire world â to adapt to a mostly virtual life.