Eagles reportedly signing UDFA quarterback Carson Sturdy

The Eagles signed themselves a brand new Carson on Saturday night.

Because the Eagles make a livid push to usher in gamers in a really deep class of undrafted prospects, this one is notable.

They’re signing former Nevada quarterback Carson Sturdy, based on Kirsten Moran of Nevada SportsNet.

Sturdy (6-3, 226) was as soon as anticipated to be a high-round draft decide on this class however by no means heard his identify known as this weekend. He’ll be part of a quarterback room in Philadelphia that features Jalen Hurts, Gardner Minshew and Reid Sinnett.

In 2021, Sturdy put up huge numbers, throwing for 4,175 yards with 36 touchdowns and simply 8 interceptions. He additionally accomplished 70% of his passes for 2 straight seasons.

So why was he accessible as a UDFA?

Properly, he doesn’t transfer very nicely. Actually, he’s one thing of a statue within the pocket. It’s one factor to not be a menace to run, however Sturdy is a sitting duck.

However the true cause for the slide is probably going his lengthy historical past of accidents to his proper knee courting again to highschool. Sturdy has had a number of surgical procedures on it, as NFL.com detailed:

“Sturdy had a number of procedures on his proper knee in the course of the offseason, the identical knee he had surgical procedure on to restore an osteochondritis dissecans lesion earlier than his senior season at Wooden Excessive Faculty in California (eight biodegradable nails had been inserted to affix his knee to the leg bone). He enrolled at Reno a semester early and redshirted the 2018 season, incomes the workforce’s Offensive Scout Participant of the 12 months Award. Sturdy grew to become the primary freshman to begin at Nevada in 20 years in 2019 (237-of-374, 63.4%, 2,335 yards, 11 TDs, seven INTs in 10 begins). After the 2020 season, nevertheless, he underwent surgical procedure to scrub up cartilage in the identical knee with which he had points in highschool. Sturdy had an arthroscopic process to clear scar tissue in August and had the knee drained a number of occasions after that.”

 

So you may perceive why that scared away groups in the course of the draft.

With that mentioned, Sturdy does have the specified quarterback body and an enormous arm with the power to fireplace passes deep and into tight home windows. And he might have huge upside as a UDFA.

The Eagles have Hurts as their starter and Minshew as their backup for now. However there’s all the time an opportunity the opportunistic Howie Roseman will ship away his backup quarterback earlier than the season, which implies there might even be a path for Sturdy to compete for the No. 2 job in some unspecified time in the future.

First, the Eagles will get him into the NovaCare Advanced for a bodily and to signal his contract. We’ll see if he’s on the sector subsequent weekend for rookie camp.

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