“I played tight end in college and they didn’t want me to be on special teams,” Little said. “But obviously that’s what happens to your linebackers and tight ends (in the NFL). You have a little bit of speed and can hit people, I guess that’s kind of the benefits. And it definitely benefited me.”
And Little benefited the Eagles with his ability to long snap.
“In Kansas City, I didn’t think about it too much because I really didn’t want to be deep snapping,” Little said. “And in Philadelphia, it just came up that they needed somebody and someone said, ‘Hey, David can do it,’ so I started doing that.