With the Senior Bowl in the rearview mirror, NFL draft season is officially here — and the Philadelphia Eagles will be on the clock soon enough.

The Eagles were well-represented last week at the Senior Bowl, where 100-plus of the top prospects in the 2026 class competed in front of NFL coaches and scouts.

PennLive was in Mobile, Ala., too, watching all three days of practice and interviewing many of those prospects.

Over the next couple of weeks, we’re rolling out a series of stories on players we spoke to at the Senior Bowl who would make sense for the Eagles — and who could, ultimately, be selected by the Super Bowl LIX champions in April.

A.J. Brown is currently the Eagles’ WR1, but everyone knows that can change in an instant. And if it does — if Brown is traded — Howie Roseman will have to find a replacement.

Notre Dame star wide receiver Malachi Fields, whose stock is soaring after a stellar week at the Senior Bowl, could be the answer to that potential problem.

Fields told PennLive that he wanted to prove he could “line up anywhere and make plays” in Mobile. The 6-foot-4 target did that all week at Hancock Whitney Stadium, dominating corners with his short-area quickness and physical route-running and winning over the top.

Fields entered the week as the No. 45 overall player and the No. 8 wide receiver in the draft, according to NFL.com draft expert Daniel Jeremiah. But now, the former Notre Dame and Virginia standout is starting to make his way into the first-round conversation.

Earlier this week, ESPN draft analyst Matt Miller mocked Fields to the Seattle Seahawks with the No. 32 pick, which means he might be out of range for the Eagles at No. 54 overall in the second round. Maybe the Eagles would consider moving up in the second round to get him — or selecting him with a late first-rounder acquired in a Brown trade.

Wherever his stock stands by the time the draft rolls around in April, Fields is a prospect worth keeping front-of-mind for the Eagles.

If Brown is gone, the Eagles will need an imposing presence on the outside to complement DeVonta Smith. Even if Brown stays in Philly, Fields could be worth a second-round investment as a high-end WR3.

Fields was an outstanding player at Virginia, catching 113 passes for 1,619 yards in 2023 and 2024. He considered transferring to Penn State for his final season. The Nittany Lions’ wide receivers coach at the time, Marques Hagans, was previously Virginia’s WR coach and recruited Fields.

But after a few conversations “going back and forth” with Hagans, Fields believed that Notre Dame was the best place to spend the 2025 season.

“I wanted to prove that (I can play at that level) to myself and to everybody else,” Fields said. “It was a way of growth, on the field and off the field.”

Statistically, Fields’ 2025 campaign wasn’t as prolific as his previous two. He recorded 36 catches for 630 yards and five touchdowns, operating in an offense powered by running backs Jeremiyah Love and Jadarian Price. But Fields’ tape was impressive.

At 222 pounds, Fields was big enough to bully defensive backs out of coverage. He was as dependable as they come with only one drop on 62 targets. He was difficult to bring down in the open field. And he made circus grabs, hauling in 47.8% (11 of 23) of his contested catches.

If anyone missed him at Virginia, anyone who watched Notre Dame learned quickly that Fields could be an imposing outside receiver in the NFL.

Asked what he learned about himself at Notre Dame, Fields smiled: “That I have that dog mentality. That I can go make those plays down the field whenever my number’s called.”

Maybe Fields will hear his name called when the Eagles are on the clock at No. 54 overall — or even earlier.