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NFL Draft 2021: Eagles’ DeVonta Smith scouting report | ‘The most complete of the receivers at Alabama over last 2 years’
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The Philadelphia Eagles traded up to the 10th overall pick to select Alabama WR DeVonta Smith in Thursday s 2021 NFL Draft.Crimson Tide Photos / UA Athletics
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The Eagles were aggressive in their pursuit of Alabama wide receiver DeVonta Smith.
Philadelphia traded the 12th (1st) and 84th (3rd) overall picks to the Dallas Cowboys their NFC East rivals to jump the Giants and select the Heisman Trophy-winner with the 10th overall pick on Thursday.
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Alabama WR DeVonta Smith Selected in 2021 NFL Draft
The 2020 Heisman Trophy winner becomes the second former Crimson Tide wide out to be chosen in the first round of the 2021 NFL draft
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In the end, the talk about his size and didn t matter.
Former Alabama star wide receiver DeVonta Smith was chosen 10th overall in the 2021 NFL draft on Thursday night by the Philadelphia Eagles.
He was the third wide out taken after LSU s Ja Marr Chase, who went No. 5 overall to the Cincinnati Bengals and fellow teammate Jaylen Waddle, who was picked by the Miami Dolphins at No. 6.
Smith, who opted to return to Tuscaloosa for his senior season in 2020, caught 117 passes for 1,856 yards and 23 touchdowns en route to becoming the first wide receiver to win the Heisman Trophy since Desmond Howard in 1991.
Eagles, Cowboys team up to SCREW Giants in 2021 NFL Draft, Twitter explodes | DeVonta Smith to Philly after trade up
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First Doug Pederson desecrated the sport of football and kept the Giants out of the playoffs by letting Nate Sudfeld play as the Eagles handed the NFC East to the Washington Football Team.
And now Howie Roseman has put the screws to them again with an assist from Jerry Jones and the Cowboys.
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The Eagles pulled off a rare intradivisional trade with Dallas on Thursday night in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft, trading up and swapping the 10th and 12th picks (with an extra third-rounder going to the Cowboys) to steal Alabama wideout and Heisman Trophy winner DeVonta Smith right out from under the Giants.
NFL Draft Results: Eagles trade up to Cowboys’ pick and select DEVONTA SMITH!!!
The Eagles have a new wide receiver!
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With the 10th pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select . DeVonta Smith, wide receiver, Alabama!!!
YES!!!
I can’t believe it! Wow.
The Eagles were set to pick at No. 12, of course, before seeing the top two cornerbacks in Jaycee Horn and Patrick Surtain II go off the board in the top nine picks. The Dallas Cowboys, clearly desiring one of those players at an obvious position of need, missed out and were surprisingly willing to trade down with a DIVISION RIVAL. The Eagles gave up their second third-round pick at No. 84 overall to move up two spots ahead of the New York Giants, who were a potential threat to take the Heisman Trophy winner. Sure enough, Dave Gettleman actually traded down for the first time EVER after Smith went off the board!