THE ODDS of an undrafted free agent making a season-opening NFL roster are long, but certainly not insurmountable.
The Eagles had five undrafted rookies on their season-ending 53-man roster last year, as well as 10 veterans who had gone undrafted coming out of college, including nine-time Pro Bowl left tackle Jason Peters and starting safety Rodney McLeod.
Those numbers should provide a modicum of encouragement for the 11 current undrafted Eagles rookies who participated in last weekend's rookie minicamp.
"My message to them was I played 14 years (in the NFL) and I was an undrafted free agent,'' Eagles coach Doug Pederson said on Friday before the first workout.