How Darren Sproles Has Become an Early-Season Eagles MVP

September 16, 2014   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

Last season, only six rookie fifth-round picks had a catch or a carry. The nine offensive skill position players drafted in that round had a total of 18 touchdowns (an average of two each) in 35 total starts (an average of four each).
Saints wide receiver Kenny Stills and Rams running back Zac Stacy had some nice performances, but no fifth-rounder from that draft class made a major impact.
In fact, here's a look at the best numbers we've seen from rookie fifth-round pick skill players since the turn of the century: 
The fifth round has produced just a single Hall of Famer in the modern era (Mike Webster, Pittsburgh, 1974), and not a single fifth-round rookie has been to the Pro Bowl this century. 
There's a point, I swear. And it's that a fifth-round selection was all the Philadelphia Eagles gave the New Orleans Saints in an offseason trade for running back Darren Sproles, who has almost single-handedly carried Philadelphia's offense on back-to-back occasi...

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