The Eagles added depth to their vast receiver corps on Thursday, buying former first-round draft decide Jahan Dotson from the Washington Commanders and a 2025 fifth-round draft decide and sending Washington a third- and two seventh-round picks within the 2025 NFL Draft.
Dotson, the sixteenth general decide within the 2022 NFL Draft, performs with quickness and explosiveness and spent a lot of his time within the slot for the Commanders. He caught 35 passes for 523 yards and 7 touchdowns in 12 video games in his rookie season, after which got here again in 2023 with 49 receptions for 518 yards and 4 scores.
The Eagles see him as a very good slot in an offense that options vast receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, tight finish Dallas Goedert, and working again Saquon Barkley as major pass-receiving targets for quarterback Jalen Hurts. Dotson is a speedster, recording a 4.43 within the 40-yard sprint on the NFL Scouting Mix.
Dotson had top-of-the-line video games of his profession final season in a wild 38-31 Eagles win over Washington at FedEx Area with eight receptions for 108 yards, together with a 21-yard landing seize, on 10 targets. In his rookie season, marred by a hamstring damage, Dotson was twice named the Pepsi NFC Rookie of the Week for his play.
Dotson performed collegiately at Penn State and was a star there, recording 183 catches for two,757 yards and 25 touchdowns in 42 video games. Dotson was a standout within the faculty recreation from the get go together with 5 landing catches in his first three video games. He additionally set a faculty report with 242 receiving yards in a November 7, 2021 recreation in opposition to Maryland.
Dotson additionally did harm within the return recreation, setting the Penn State single-season report with a 24.6-yard punt return common and he earned All-American honors in his ultimate season with the Nittany Lions.