2025 NFL draft: Eagles add four more defenders and a QB on Day 3; Howie Roseman addresses Dallas Goedert situation

The 2025 NFL draft ended without the Eagles drafting a tight end, despite dangling Dallas Goedert on the trade market this offseason. 

Eagles general manager Howie Roseman told reporters there were moments during the draft where they came “close” to taking a tight end, but opted to stay true to their draft board. 

As for Goedert’s future with the Eagles, Roseman was noncomittal. 

Andrew Mukuba said Saturday he tends to study similarly sized players at his position like Arizona Cardinals defensive back Budda Baker and Detroit Lions defensive back Brian Branch.

“I like to watch guys typically that have my body type and body frame,” Mukuba said. “I can’t really do as much as a guy who is 6-3. I like to watch guys that are my height and my size that kind of move the same to just kind of see what they do and add it to my game.”

Mukuba started 31 games for Clemson over three seasons before transferring to Texas. During his time at Clemson, Mukuba said he spent one year with Eagles linebacker and former Tiger Jeremiah Trotter Jr. as his roommate.

Offensive line continued to be a focus of the end of Day 3, as the Eagles selected Texas right tackle Cameron Williams with their sixth-round, No. 207-overall pick.

The 6-foot-5, 317-pound Williams is just 21 years old, serving as a full-time starter for one year at Texas. Although he is relatively inexperienced, he has the requisite length needed to thrive at the position, possessing a 84.5-inch wingspan (91st percentile).

Williams missed one game in 2024 due to a knee injury that required surgery in the offseason, so it is unclear whether he will fully healthy come training camp.

The Eagles picked up another offensive lineman late on Day 3, selecting Michigan tackle Myles Hinton with their sixth-round, No. 191-overall pick.

Hinton has a hulking frame at 6-foot-6, 323 pounds, a trait that Jeff Stoutland covets at the position. The 23-year-old Hinton has some positional versatility, starting 19 games at right tackle and 12 games at left tackle over the course of two seasons at Michigan (2023-24) and three at Stanford (2020-22). However, he exclusively played at left tackle in 2024 and arguably had his best season to date.

He is explosive for his size, posting a 31.5-inch vertical jump at the combine, which ranks in the 85th percentile among offensive linemen.

Kyle McCord is coming home.

The Eagles drafted the former St. Joseph’s Prep quarterback with pick No. 181, adding another quarterback to their room.

McCord played one season at Syracuse after beginning his college career at Ohio State. He threw for 34 touchdowns against 12 interceptions and completed 66% of his passes in his lone season with the Orange.

Miles Frazier, the former Woodrow Wilson High School standout from Camden, N.J., was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the fifth round of the 2025 NFL draft.

The 6-foot-6, 317 pound offensive linemen started his college career at Florida International, starting in 10 of 11 games at left tackle as a redshirt freshman in 2021. He spent two years at FIU, then three at LSU, where he started 28 games right guard, nine at left guard, and two at right tackle.

At the Senior Bowl, Frazier took snaps at both guard and tackle, and for his efforts during the week, was named the top offensive linemen on the American team, as voted on by his peers.

The Eagles finally drafted an offensive player after using their first five picks on defense.

The Eagles drafted Boston College center Drew Kendall with the 168th pick. Kendall, who is 6-4 and 308 pounds, was a first-team All-ACC selection this past season. His father, Pete, played offensive line for four teams over a 13-year career.

Kendall only played center in college, and he was just taken by a team that signed a Pro Bowl center, Cam Jurgens, to a contract extension that keeps him with the Eagles through 2029. Thus, Kendall figures to be a depth piece in the offensive line room, though the Eagles did announce him as a center/guard.

Another Georgia Bulldog, come on down.

The Eagles selected Georgia linebacker Smael Mondon Jr. with the 161st pick in the draft.

That makes eight Georgia players on the Eagles, all on the defensive side of the ball.

The Eagles continued to add to their secondary on Saturday, selecting Central Florida cornerback Mac McWilliams with their fifth-round, No. 145-overall pick.

McWilliams is a 5-foot-10, 191-pound cornerback who projects as a fit for the slot at the NFL level. He was a one-year starter at outside cornerback at Central Florida, having transferred in 2024 from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

The 23-year-old McWilliams is heralded for his speed, running a 4.41 40-yard dash at the combine. While he’s capable of making plays on the ball, racking up 27 pass breakups throughout his four seasons as a college starter, he has only registered a total of two interceptions.

The Eagles are adding some versatility to their defensive front.

With their fourth round, No. 111-overall pick in the draft on Saturday, the Eagles selected defensive tackle Ty Robinson out of Nebraska.

The 6-foot-5, 288-pound Robinson was a five-year starter at Nebraska, lining up across the interior defensive line in a number of spots. At nearly 24 years old, he has plenty of collegiate experience, starting in 47 games over the course of his career.

With the obvious caveat that time will tell on how it all works out, it's easy to like what the Giants have done so far in this draft after they just took Arizona State running back Cam Skattebo with the third pick in the fourth round.

Skattebo became the first Division I FBS player to have 1,500 rushing yards and 500 receiving yards since Christian McCaffrey did it in 2015. He scored 21 rushing touchdowns and had three touchdown receptions.

The lack of eye-popping athleticism makes projecting Skattebo so difficult, but he’s a powerful runner and has proved difficult to tackle. But his straight-line speed isn’t all that impressive. How much does that matter? We’ll find out.

The knocks on Andrew Mukuba lead with the lack of size and strength more commonly seen at the safety position in the NFL. He’s just 5-11 and has short arms and small hands. It’s a cornerback’s body, which makes sense considering Mukuba has some nickel in his background.

But Mukuba's size was not a concern to the Eagles, with Howie Roseman noting that Mukuba has a nose for the ball and "a feel for making big-time plays in big-time moments."

The Eagles need that to translate considering Mukuba will have every opportunity to earn the starting safety spot vacated by C.J. Gardner-Johnson, who led the Eagles with six interceptions last season.

Here’s a look at eight players who could fit various needs for the Eagles on Day 3:

EDGE/DT Elijah Roberts, Southern Methodist

This isn’t your prototypical edge rusher. The 23-year-old Roberts measured in at 6-foot-3½, 285 pounds at the combine, boasting the build of a slightly lighter-than-average defensive lineman. While he primarily lined up as an edge rusher at Southern Methodist, his prospective NFL team may find him versatile enough to reduce inside. He uses his long arms (33⅝ arm length) and staggering strength to set the edge in the run game. He also has some speed-to-power pass-rush ability and a knack for finishing, as evidenced by his 17½ sacks in his last 17 games (team leader in sacks in 2024 and 2023). Roberts reportedly took a top-30 visit to the Eagles.

In the waning moments of the NFL draft Friday night, Eagles general manager Howie Roseman traded down, then out of the third round, amassing a few extra picks in return.

Speaking to reporters following Day 2 of the draft, Roseman said the Eagles were looking for opportunities to trade up, but ultimately focused on amassing more picks, including an extra fifth-round pick next year.

“Not saying that we don’t have things we don’t want to improve on this football team right now, because we do,” Roseman said. “Having six picks [Saturday] is a great opportunity to improve our football team on the third day. It’s a really fun day for us.”