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Eagles Claim Return Specialist Off Waivers

Philadelphia was awarded 2024 fifth-round pick Keilan Robinson off waivers from Jacksonville.
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Jacksonville Jaguars running back Keilan Robinson (31) catches a punt as cornerback Jarrian Jones (22) looks on during an organized team activity Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at EverBank Stadium’s Miller Electric Center in Jacksonville, Fla.
Jacksonville Jaguars running back Keilan Robinson (31) catches a punt as cornerback Jarrian Jones (22) looks on during an organized team activity Tuesday, May 28, 2024 at EverBank Stadium’s Miller Electric Center in Jacksonville, Fla. | Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union / USA TODAY NETWORK

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PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles were awarded running back/return specialist Keilan Robinson off waivers from the Jacksonville Jaguars, according to an NFL source.

A 2024 fifth-round pick of the Jags out of Texas, the 5-foot-8, 191-pound second-year player was waived by Jacksonville on June 4. As the reigning Super Bowl champions, the Eagles are currently last when it comes to waiver-wire priority.

Robinson started his college career at Alabama in 2019 and sat out the 2020 COVID season before transferring to the Longhorns, where he played his final three seasons. 

Robinson, who has 4.42 speed, was more return specialist than RB at Texas. By the 2022 season, he was an honorable mention All-Big 12 return specialist after finishing third in the conference for both kick return yards (405) and yards per return (25.2). 

In his final season at Texas, Robinson had 22 kick returns for 494 yards and a touchdown.

The Eagles signed return specialist Avery Williams in free agency back in March after four years with the Atlanta Falcons. However, Williams has been unable to participate in OTAs due to an undisclosed injury. 

Williams was spotted on a side field working to return at Wednesday’s OTA practice. Without him, the Eagles used Danny Gray and undrafted rookies Giles Jackson and ShunDerrick Powell as the kick returners at practice.

Second-year RB Will Shipley is vying for an elevated role on offense, and the Eagles seemingly want to take kickoff returns off his plate.

To make room on the 90-man roster for Robinson, the Eagles waived receiver Ife Adeyi, who had just signed on June 4 after participating in Philadelphia's rookie camp on a tryout basis earlier this spring.

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John McMullen is a veteran reporter who has covered the NFL for over two decades. The current NFL insider for JAKIB Media, John is the former NFL Editor for The Sports Network where his syndicated column was featured in over 200 outlets including the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and Miami Herald. He was also the national NFL columnist for Today's Pigskin as well as FanRag Sports. McMullen has covered the Eagles on a daily basis since 2016, first for ESPN South Jersey and now for Eagles Today on SI.com's FanNation. You can listen to John, alongside legendary sports-talk host Jody McDonald every morning from 8-10 on ‘Birds 365,” streaming live on YouTube.com. John is also the host of his own show "Extending the Play" on AM1490 in South Jersey and part of 6ABC.com's live postgame show after every Eagles game. You can reach him at jmcmullen44@gmail.com or on Twitter @JFMcMullen

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