Chip Kelly has already said he would look toward the NFL draft to bolster his wideout corps, which lost Pro Bowl receiver Jeremy Maclin in free agency.
The recent free-agent signing of Miles Austin probably hasn’t changed that.
The Eagles are looking at two different college receivers Thursday, according to various reports. According to ProFootballTalk, speedy Central Florida product Breshad Perriman is visiting the Eagles on Thursday at the NovaCare Complex.
Another report, from Fox 13 in Tampa, said Kelly is in Tampa to conduct a private workout with USC receiver Nelson Agholor, who already visited the Eagles last month.
The Eagles, who pick 20th in the NFL draft, are thin at wideout. They’re allowed to have 30 prospects from outside their region come to their facility to meet coaches and get checked medically. Workouts are not permitted during these visits, only during private sessions outside of their complex.
Perriman last week clocked a 4.27 in the 40-yard dash at his pro day after skipping the event at the NFL Scouting Combine in February because of a hamstring injury.
Perriman has the size Kelly prefers from his perimeter wide receivers. He’s 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds. Last year, he caught 50 passes for 1,044 yards, averaging nearly 21 yards per reception, and caught nine touchdowns.
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NFL Network draft analyst Mike Mayock ranked Perriman as his fourth-best receiver prospect behind West Virginia’s Kevin White, Alabama’s Amari Cooper and Louisville’s DeVante Parker.
Also at his pro day, Perriman registered a vertical jump of 36½ inches, a broad jump of 10-feet, seven-inches, and did 18 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press.
Agholor, a native of Nigeria, was named third team All America and first team All-Pac 12 after leading the Trojans in receptions (104) and receiving yards (1,313) to go along with 10 touchdown catches. Some scouts believe he’s best suited to play the slot. He’s widely considered a second-round pick. (In Wednesday's mock draft, Chris Steuber had the Eagles selecting Agholor in the second round.)
Perriman earned first-team All-American Athletic Conference this past season and became the first Central Florida receiver to have 1,000 yards since former Jags wideout Mike Sims-Walker did in 2006. Perriman's 91-yard touchdown in 2013 was the longest play from scrimmage in school history.
Perriman’s father, Brett Perriman, played 10 years in the NFL, six of them with the Lions. Although he never made a Pro Bowl, Brett caught 108 passes for 1,488 yards in 1995 with Detroit.