The DiCecco Daily (Part 2): Who Did Birds Have Eyes On At Rutgers Pro Day?
Inside the Birds: A Philadelphia Eagles Podcast
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🗓️ 13 March 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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In this episode, Andrew reports on his observations from Rutgers Pro Day – who from the Eagles were there to watch, and which prospects stood out.
Catch his notes on some Scarlet Knights invited to the Eagles' local Pro Day.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, what's up everybody? |
| 0:10.6 | Andrew DeCecho here, DeCecho DeCicco Daily, part two of Rutgers Pro Day. |
| 0:15.2 | I just got back to Philadelphia and yeah, it was a really good day. |
| 0:20.1 | Very well run. |
| 0:21.1 | Jimmy Gill did a great job running that event as he did last year. |
| 0:25.2 | And I'm sure he's done in previous years as well. |
| 0:28.2 | But a really good turnout. |
| 0:30.1 | All 32 teams were there. |
| 0:32.2 | I even saw a Canadian football scout there. |
| 0:35.9 | Ben Iljolana for the Eagles was there. He was the Eagle Scout |
| 0:39.3 | represented. And I always tend to see Ben at a lot of these pro days. I'll probably see him |
| 0:43.8 | at Maryland. I see him at Temple. And he was leading the vertical leap. And he seems to be |
| 0:50.7 | a leader amongst those scouts. I always see him commanding drills or having a prominent role in that. |
| 0:57.3 | And I think that's pretty notable. |
| 0:59.1 | But a really good showing for a lot of players. |
| 1:02.3 | Now, the stars of the show, Holland Pierce, he didn't really partake in anything |
| 1:07.1 | because he showed out in the NFL scouting combine. |
| 1:10.1 | He's their offensive tackle. |
| 1:11.4 | As I mentioned, he's 6'8, they list him at 344. Talk to him a lot after the pro day and got a chance |
| 1:20.3 | to hear what the process was like for him, how he's sort of acclimating and handling all the, |
| 1:29.6 | you know, it's the distractions where he's going to be training. |
| 1:36.8 | And I just think that he's a player that, yeah, he's probably going to be a day three guy, but a developmental prospect. |
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