If you’re planning to travel from the Philadelphia Eagles‘ home base to Lincoln, Nebraska, it’s going to take you about 19 hours. That’s about 1,269 miles from the NovaCare Complex, but who’s counting? Something tells us the more time-effective plan is to board a plane. A full day on I-80 East and I-76 East is a beast. Why is that important? Per the report, an Eagles assistant is joining Matt Rhule’s staff.
According to CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz, Eagles defensive assistant Tyler Yelk is joining the Big Ten as a safeties coach for the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Yelk originally joined the Eagles in 2023, serving as an assistant to head coach Nick Sirianni. During the 2025 offseason, he was named a defensive assistant. Before landing in the City of Brotherly Love, Yelk was a college safeties coach at Idaho, and he spent some time at Temple and Northern Illinois. He coached safeties and nickelbacks for the Owls.
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He also has some experience as a co-defensive coordinator, a job he held at Dallas Goedert’s alma mater, South Dakota. He now takes his talents to the Big Ten.
This article originally appeared on Eagles Wire: Tyler Yelk accepts job at Nebraska as safeties coach