Bleeding Green Nation · Jan 16, 2022
Eagles News: Jordan Mailata is PFF’s third-highest-graded tackle
Best NFL players at every position in 2021: Highest-graded veterans, rookies and surprises - ESPN+
Biggest surprise: Jordan Mailata, Eagles. Regular-season PFF grade: 86.9. Mailata will finish as the league’s third-highest-graded tackle in his second season, as his grade jumped from 70.9 last year to 86.9 this season. At 6-foot-8 and 346 pounds, he is one the biggest players in the league. And because of his rugby background coming from his native Australia, Mailata never played a down of American football before being taken in by Eagles offensive line coach Jeff Stoutland and subsequently becoming one of the best at his position in the league.
