Elijah Cooks and Danny Gray were on the practice squad last season. Cooks offers size at 6-4, 215 pounds. He was a rookie free agent signing of the Jaguars in 2023 out of San Jose State. He started his college career at Nevada, where he also played guard for the basketball team as a freshman. He made the Jaguars’ roster as a rookie and played in nine games, with more than 100 snaps on offense. Gray, meanwhile, was a former third-round pick of the 49ers, who played in 13 games as a rookie. The 6-0, 200-pound Gray joined the Eagles’ practice squad shortly after being waived by the 49ers at the end of the 2024 preseason and was part of the run to Super Bowl LIX.
Ainias Smith and Johnny Wilson were both draft picks who contributed on offense as rookies in 2024. Smith (5-9, 176 pounds) started the season on Injured Reserve and played in seven games after being activated to the roster in late October. He saw the most extensive time on the field in the regular-season finale win over the Giants when he caught his first NFL touchdown pass. Wilson (6-6, 228 pounds) became the tallest receiver drafted in the last decade when the Eagles made him a sixth-round pick out of Florida State. He played 32 percent of the offensive snaps as a rookie over the course of 16 games, hauling in his first touchdown in a road win against the Cowboys.
A former second-round pick of the Panthers in 2021, Terrace Marshall (6-2, 200) joined the Eagles in free agency on a one-year deal. In 2022, Marshall started nine games for the Panthers and posted 490 yards and a touchdown. One of the most prolific receivers in LSU history, Marshall spent last season in Las Vegas.
Wide receiver and return specialist Avery Williams also landed in Philadelphia on a one-year contract. Williams (5-9, 196 pounds) was the NFL’s punt return leader in 2022 (16.2 yards per return).
The Eagles signed three receivers following the 2025 NFL Draft: Darius Cooper, Giles Jackson, and Taylor Morin. Cooper (5-11, 210 pounds) was a first-team FCS All-American with 1,450 yards as a senior. Morin (5-11, 185 pounds) finished as Wake Forest’s all-time leading receiver with 2,974 yards. Jackson (5-9, 187 pounds) was signed after participating in the Rookie Minicamp. He scored seven touchdowns for the Washington Huskies last season after playing at Michigan.
“Coming into the league, we were taught we’re playing for this reason. We’re playing for this trophy. And once we got the trophy, it was just like I thought everything would be fulfilled, like the hard work and everything. But no, it’s the journey. It’s the journey that matters the most and that means the most. Because those are the moments you look back at with your teammates that you’re spending time with and going to war, you’re suffering together and you’re winning together.
“That’s the beautiful moments in it. The trophy, we can’t take the trophy home. But it’s cool that’s forever in the history books. But we’re going to remember the moments more than the ring.” – A.J. Brown on what he realized after winning the Super Bowl