Eagles Eye Mysterious TE Prospect to Replace $57M Super Bowl Star

The Philadelphia Eagles struck gold with a tight end from outside of a Power Five Conference program when they took South Dakota State’s Dallas Goedert in the second round (No. 49 overall) in the 2017 NFL draft.

Eight years and one Super Bowl win later, the Eagles have benefited from almost a decade of having one of the NFL’s best tight ends … who they now want to get rid of with a whopping $15.5 million salary due in 2025 in the final season of a 4-year, $57 million contract.

Now, with Goedert likely headed out of town via trade, The Athletic’s Dane Brugler predicts the defending Super Bowl champions will go back to the same well they got Goedert from and draft Bowling Green tight end and consensus All-American Harold Fannin Jr. in the third round (No. 96 overall) of the 2025 NFL draft.

Bleacher Report’s Dame Parson compared Fannin, 6-foot-3 and 231 pounds, to Baltimore Ravens tight end Isaiah Likely in his pre-draft evaluation.

“(Fannin) plucks the ball from the air with supreme confidence and plays well through contact at the catch point,” Parson wrote. “Fannin Jr. has two drops on 171 targets throughout his career. He is a hassle to bring down once the football is in his possession. He is strong after the catch and can force missed tackles singled up in space with a defender.”