Eagles Sign WR Nelson Agholor To Four-Year Deal
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- The Philadelphia Eagles announced they have signed wide receiver Nelson Agholor on Thursday afternoon.
According to NFL.com's Ian Rapoport, it is a four-year deal worth $9.377 million including $8.8 million guaranteed.
Agholor, a 6'0, 198-pound wide receiver from USC, was the Eagles' first-round draft pick (No. 20 overall).
Born in Nigeria, Agholor excelled at USC catching 104 balls for over 1,300 yards in 2014. Agholor turns 22-year-old on May 24th and can't wait to play in Chip Kelly's offense.
"Honestly, it's a system of opportunity," Agholor said of the Eagles' offense. "To be honest with you, I'm blessed to have the chance to play in it because it gives guys many avenues to help a team. The different ways he gets guys the ball, you can fine tune your skill sets to be very helpful to the team. I look forward to helping in many different ways whether it's the deep threat game, the intermediate game, or you know, the screen game."
