When the Eagles drafted Georgia’s Nolan Smith soon after having picked Jalen Carter earlier, a couple of calls came in regarding the foursome of Bulldogs on the Philadelphia roster—Nakobe Dean and Jordan Davis having joined the team a year earlier.
While it has not become a long-standing tradition, having four Bulldogs on the Eagles’ roster has happened before. When the team of the late NFL Commissioner Bert Bell won the NFL title in 1960, there were four former UGA players who were members of that world championship team: Marion Campbell, Bobby Walston, Riley Gunnels, and Theron Sapp.
With Norm Van Brocklin at quarterback, the Eagles defeated Green Bay 17-13.