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Who Makes Jump From 2016 Draft Class?

Wentz is the headliner after starting 16 games at quarterback in his rookie season, but the Eagles are counting on the rest of his classmates to step up and help in 2017.

A truly great draft class, former head coach Ray Rhodes once insisted, produces three starting players. So what do the Eagles have from 2016? Wentz is a starter, of course. Offensive lineman Isaac Seumalo, who showed his versatility as a rookie, is going to make a push to start at guard this year and, perhaps, center at some point in his career. Halapoulivaati Vaitai made such dramatic progress at right tackle in 2016 that it's easy to envision him starting there at some point in the not-too-distant future (depending on Jason Peters and his play at left tackle, of course).