Eagles running backs coach Duce Staley said he isn’t worried about the thin frame of rookie Donnel Pumphrey, who is listed at 5-foot-8, 176 pounds.
Pumphrey often is compared to Darren Sproles and Brian Westbrook, but Sproles is listed at 190 and Westbrook was listed at 200 pounds during his career. Both had wider hips and more muscular lower bodies than Pumphrey.
Pumphrey, a fourth-round pick from San Diego State, has dazzled with speed and elusiveness in noncontact OTAs, which will segue Tuesday into a three-day minicamp, the last full-team work before training camp. But what’s going to happen when the running back gets hit?