Nick Foles was a pretty good high school basketball player, turning down offers from Georgetown and Baylor to instead play college football at Arizona State Michigan State Arizona. But given the number of times he’s already been traded, Foles’ career trajectory feels a lot more like that of an NBA shooting guard than an NFL quarterback.
Not only was Foles selected with a traded drafted pick (the Eagles traded a third and a fourth in exchange for linebacker DeMeco Ryans and the pick used on Foles), but three years later, Philadelphia sent him and some picks to the St.