NFL Draft Results: Eagles pick Eli Stowers at No. 54
Philadelphia has a new tight end!
Sep 20, 2025; Nashville, Tennessee, USA; Vanderbilt Commodores tight end Eli Stowers (9) points after making a first down against the Georgia State Panthers during the first half at FirstBank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Steve Roberts-Imagn Images | Steve Roberts-Imagn Images With the No. 54 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, the Philadelphia Eagles select … Eli Stowers, tight end, Vanderbilt!
The Eagles certainly had a need at tight end with no real long-term answers on the roster beyond this upcoming season. Stowers figures to be TE2 behind veteran Dallas Goedert. The 23-year-old rookie joins a position room that also currently includes Grant Calcaterra, Johnny Mundt, Cameron Latu, E.
J. Jenkins, Stone Smartt, and Jaheim Bell. The book on Stowers is he’s a good pass-catcher who really struggles at blocking.
Receiving production is obviously more valuable than the latter skill … but the Eagles really saw the downside of tight ends who can’t block during the 2025 season. Daniel Jeremiah on new Eagles TE Eli Stowers: "He plays like A. J.