MOBILE, Ala. — The call Ed Eagan has been hoping he’d get finally came Wednesday night.
When the North team lost both Rutgers wide receiver Leonte Carroo and Massachusetts receiver Tajae Sharpe to ankle injuries on the second day of practice, Senior Bowl director Phil Savage immediately called in Eagan, the most prolific receiver in Northwestern State history, to fill out the roster.
Eagan drove into town Wednesday night and found himself practicing — so fast, in fact, he didn’t even have his Northwestern State helmet, which may arrive Friday, and had to don a generic, white helmet — in Ladd-Peebles Stadium under the direction of the Dallas Cowboys coaching staff on the field and offering a glimpse of his abilities to the hundreds of coaches and talent evaluators seated in the stands.