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How Jordan Mailata transformed from a rugby player to Eagles' $64 million left tackle

PHILADELPHIA -- The made-for-big-screen story of left tackle Jordan Mailata comes full circle this week when the Eagles play the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football (ESPN, 8:15 p.m. ET).

AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, hosted the 2018 NFL draft. It's where Mailata, the 6-foot-8, 365-pound former rugby player from Australia, nervously sat and slept and paced for hours on Day 3 as pick after pick went off the board without him being selected. It's where his emotions spilled out on a FaceTime call with his family after learning the Eagles had traded up in the seventh round to take him.