Eagles WORST 5th Round Pick of Reid Era

[YourPalChrisMal]

Vote for the WORST.

Here's the full list of 5th round picks.

1999 - no 5th round picks
2000 - no 5th round picks
2001 - Tony Stewart
2001 - A.J.Feeley
2002 - Freddie Milons
2003 - no 5th round picks
2004 - Thomas Tapeh
2005 - Trent Cole
2005 - Scott Young
2006 - Jeremy Bloom
2006 - Omar Gaither
2007 - C.J. Gaddis
2007 - Brent Celek
2008 - no 5th round picks
2009 - Cornelius Ingram
2009 - Macho Harris
2009 - Fenuki Tupou
2010 - Ricky Sapp
2010 - Riley Cooper
2011 - Dion Lewis
2011 - Julian Vandervelde

[FRESH]

My Lord, how do you choose just one among THAT mess?

[YourPalChrisMal]

Wow...How to pick. Doing a little research.

Stewart actually had an 8 year NFL career, and compiled minimal stats.

Milons was actually in the NFL from 2002 thru 2005 but never was active for a game, but at least someone thought he had enough talent to keep him around for 4 years.

Scott Young had a 4 year career, and was probably their 1st back-up for a couple of those. Poor guy, this is about the only thing it says on his Wikipedia page...

Young is best known for committing a crucial false start penalty in the closing minutes of a divisional playoff game between the Eagles and the New Orleans Saints on January 13, 2007. With 1:56 remaining in the game, Philadelphia was trailing by a score of 27-24, but had possession of the ball on its own 44-yard line, on fourth-down-and-ten to go. Eagles quarterback Jeff Garcia appeared to complete a pass to wide receiver Hank Baskett for a new first down. However, Young's false start penalty canceled the play and forced the Eagles back to their own 39-yard line with a fourth-down-and-fifteen. Philadelphia then elected to punt and never regained possession of the ball, and New Orleans advanced to the NFC championship game, winning 27-24.

We all know the story of Jeremy Bloom. Injured reserve for 1 season. Signed with the Steelers the next year, and was released before the regular season.

Gaddis was drafted in 2007, and released in training camp. He latched on with the Falcons but never saw game action, and was released by Atlanta after the 2007 season never to see the light of the NFL again.

Ingram...IR his first season in 2009, practice squad most of his 2nd season in 2010. 2011 signed with the Lions to their practice squad, and was released with an injury settlement (not sure I knew that until now.)

Tupou...IR his first season in 2009, practice squad most of his 2nd season in 2010. Presently on the Saints practice squad.

Macho Harris actually started here for a year, so I don't think he was the *worst* 5th round pick even if it wasn't pretty.

Sapp...IR his first season in 2010, then strangely left the team in training camp this year. Has since been bouncing around the NFL from practice squad to practice squad.

Julian Vandervelde...Too early to judge.

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So...I guess to me it's between Gaddis and Bloom. Bloom was pretty much just a project that didn't work out, so it's hard for me to say a catch-lightning-in-the-bottle project was the worst pick. Gotta go with Gaddis.

[Eagle60]

Riley Cooper could leave along with some other junk this year. A lot of promise, but he turned into a real dud.

[Ike]

All of the above. Except for Cole. Lots of hype for Harris/Bloom/Ingram/... my vote is for Harris. He wasn't very Macho.

[FRESH]

60, Cooper is just now starting to show some signs of promise. Of course, that goes along with the fact that Maclin is out and he is finally getting a chance to see the field. What will be interesting is to see how much PT he gets once Maclin gets back. Perhaps he gets some time in Desean's place.........