Andrew DeCecho here from Inside thebirds.com.

Welcome to our Rookie Diary Series with Eagles running back Will Shipley.

Each week, I'll talk to the fourth round pick from Clemson

to get his thoughts on his first season in Midnight Green.

We hope you enjoy.

Okay. So you finally get, you know, your first NFL touches?

Yeah.

What did that feel like?

Oh, it was great.

You know, it was just good to, I mean, preseason is preseason, you know, but to get out there on the real field, it's really first

offensive snap since Green Bay, our first game, but to actually get the ball in the hands and be able to

run around. It's just a different feeling, you know, something that I don't even think I've, like,

fully grasped yet, but it's still just really cool to be out there in the Eagles uniform and, you know, have the ball in your hands for sure. Obviously, you heard Sequin and the post went pretty viral in there,

but what did it mean to you to hear that, you know,

when you give Kenny and yourself opportunities and him bypassing his career, you know, career high?

Yeah, you know, I think that's just the type of guy Seacquon is.

I think that's the type of room that we have. You know, I think if Kenny or Ty or anybody had the possibility to do that and, you know, give the,

give the carries to the young guys, yeah, you know, we would all have done the same thing.

But huge shout out to Sequin for just giving us that opportunity, giving me that opportunity,

especially, you know, to get out there and kind of get my first touches,

especially when he had something so big in front of him.

But, you know, that's just the great mindset that he has

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