Eagles depth chart following the 2025 NFL Draft: Offense edition

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’ll start today with the offense before next moving on to defense and 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.)

QUARTERBACK

1 – Jalen Hurts

2 – Tanner McKee

3 – Dorian Thompson-Robinson

4 – Kyle McCord

Hurts is the reigning Super Bowl MVP. The Eagles might need to rely on his arm a bit more than they did in 2024. The Kenny Pickett trade elevated McKee to QB2. From everything we’ve seen in a small sample size, he has the makings of a quality backup … and perhaps more? DTR and McCord are set to battle it out for the emergency third quarterback role. As long he doesn’t totally stink (like Clayton Thorson once did), McCord will probably win the job.

RUNNING BACK

1 – Saquon Barkley

2 – Will Shipley

3 – AJ Dillon

4 – Lew Nichols

5 – Montrell Johnson Jr.

6 – ShunDerrick Powell

How will Barkley follow up the best running back season in NFL history? He’ll probably still be pretty good … but just how good is the question. And we’ll see if he’s able to hold up durability-wise after such a massive workload in 2024. The Eagles seem high on Shipley as a direct replacement for Kenny Gainwell, who was also a coaching staff favorite. Dillon hasn’t played in a regular season game since December 2023. He needs to prove he can still play coming off a serious neck injury. Dillon could be a nice big-bodied rotational back. If Dillon can’t justify a roster spot, perhaps Nichols could step up and be RB3. If not, he’s a contender to be on the practice squad. Undrafted rookie free agents Johnson Jr. and Powell will be looking to prove they belong in the NFL. Powell seems especially intriguing as a long-term project:

FULLBACK

1 – Ben VanSumeren

BVS is no longer listed at linebacker on the Eagles’ roster. It’s just fullback now. And his jersey number change from No. 57 to No. 43 confirms as much. Speaking on SportsRadio 94WIP this week, Jeffrey Lurie said the Eagles are “going to quietly try to resurrect the fullback position.” Of course, he was speaking to former Eagles fullback Jon Ritchie when he said that, so he very well could have been pandering. In any case, BVS showed good potential as a lead blocker last season and that was with his time divided on multiple positions. Now he’ll really be able to lock in on playing fullback. It’ll be interesting to see if the Eagles trust him to see some offensive touches in addition to blocking.

WIDE RECEIVER

1 – A.J. Brown

2 – DeVonta Smith

3 – Jahan Dotson

4 – Johnny Wilson

5 – Avery Williams

6 – Ainias Smith

7 – Terrace Marshall

8 – Danny Gray

9 – Elijah Cooks

10 – Taylor Morin

11 – Darius Cooper

12 – Giles Jackson

A.J. and DeVonta are awesome players in their primes, that much we know. The passing offense will primarily operate through them once again. The question is: what do the Eagles have behind their top duo? This offseason gives Dotson a chance to earn Hurts’ trust as a WR3 target. Wilson’s size makes him an intriguing role player; we’ll see if he develops at all from Year 1 to Year 2. Williams is officially listed as a “return specialist” on the Eagles’ roster but I’m looping him in here as a potential Britain Covey replacement. Ainias Smith had some rough moments as a rookie last offseason before ultimately doing enough to make the roster. He’s healthier now than he was then so we’ll see if he can contend for the Covey role. Marshall could be this year’s version of Parris Campbell as a fringe roster/practice squad player who only plays if injury issues come up. Intrigued to see what Gray, a third-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft, can do in his first offseason with the Eagles. Cooks could be this year’s Joe Ngata as a prototypical X receiver who makes some noise in the offseason before failing to make the roster. Morin and Jackson both have punt returning ability. Cooper is fighting an uphill battle as an undrafted wide receiver from Division I FCS Tarleton State.

TIGHT END

1 – Dallas Goedert

2 – Grant Calcaterra

3 – Harrison Bryant

4 – Kylen Granson

5 – E.J. Jenkins

6 – Nick Muse

7 – Cameron Latu

Goedert and the Eagles are reportedly expected to agree on a reworked contract (read: Goedert took a pay cut to stay in Philly). That’s good news since the Eagles lacked an encouraging replacement plan if he was going to be traded. While Goedert has struggled to stay healthy, he’s a very good tight end when he is on the field. Calcaterra has pass-catching ability but his blocking struggles prevent him from being a full-time starter. Watching Bryant reminded me of watching Zach Ertz. The former is obviously a lesser player than the latter but Bryant has some chain-moving ability. Granson didn’t live up to his perceived potential while playing for the Indianapolis Colts but the Eagles will see if he can challenge for TE2 or TE3. Jenkins was a fringe roster player for the Eagles last season. Muse and Latu are long shots entering their first offseason with the Eagles.

OFFENSIVE TACKLE

1 – Lane Johnson

2 – Jordan Mailata

3 – Kendall Lamm

4 – Myles Hinton

5 – Cameron Williams

6 – Hollin Pierce

X – Laekin Vakalahi (exempt)

The Eagles have elite tackles; Johnson and Mailata are two of the very best players at their position in the NFL. Lamm projects to be a direct Fred Johnson replacement as an experienced and versatile swing tackle. The Eagles aren’t shy to keep a large number of offensive linemen but they might realistically only be able to keep one of Hinton or Williams. Hinton seems more ready to play while Williams could be more of a long-term project. Speaking of, Pierce is a massive man with intriguing developmental potential. It’ll be interesting to see if the Eagles move any of the rookies to guard in the wake of Mekhi Becton’s successful transition from tackle to guard last year. Vakalahi is in his second offseason with the Eagles after previously never playing football prior to 2024. We’ll see if the team trusts their international developmental project to actually play in the preseason this year, unlike last summer.

OFFENSIVE GUARD

1 – Landon Dickerson

2 – Tyler Steen

3 – Kenyon Green

4 – Matt Pryor

5 – Darian Kinnard

6 – Trevor Keegan

Dickerson, a three-time Pro Bowler in four seasons played, is well-established at left guard. The right guard spot is much less secure. Steen will try to win the job after failing to claim it in 2023 and 2024. He’ll face competition from Green, who really struggled with the Houston Texans but might be able to be salvaged through the grace of Jeff Stoutland. If neither Steen nor Green seize the job, maybe Pryor emerges as a fallback option. Otherwise, Pryor projects as a backup guard/tackle. Pryor and Kinnard could be competing for the same role. Keegan barely played as a rookie and will need to find a way to prove he belongs on the roster.

CENTER

1 – Cam Jurgens

2 – Brett Toth

3 – Drew Kendall

Jurgens is now one of the highest-paid centers in the NFL. Stoutland seems to love Toth, who’s repped at every offensive line position during his Eagles tenure. The Eagles’ front office doesn’t seem as keen as having him on the roster. Kendall has an opportunity to be Jurgens’ top backup and it’ll be interesting to see if he gets in the guard mix at all.