Cornerback Denzel Rice was waiting at City Hall in Philadelphia for an Uber at around 2:30 PM on Saturday when his brother, Tremel White, sent him head coach Chip Kelly's press conference that had wrapped up a short time earlier. This is how Rice, a rookie free agent out of Coastal Carolina, learned that he had made the Eagles' roster.
"I felt blessed. I starting crying, honestly," Rice said on Monday. "I'm just glad that my work was seen and recognized. From this point on, I just have the beginner's mentality and that's I have more to learn, more to do and more to prove.