The Eagles liked CB JaCorey Shepherd quite a lot in the spring of 2015. Chip Kelly was the head coach and Bill Davis ran the defense, but Corey Undlin was the DBs coach and he remains in place.
The Eagles showed long term interest in Shepherd, despite a spring/summer where he wasn’t fully healthy and his play suffered. They signed, cut and re-signed him several times since cutdown day. It felt like they did this so they could keep paying him without having to dedicate a spot to him.
No more of that, unfortunately.
Eagles can't play Musical Practice Squad Chairs with CB JaCorey Shepherd anymore. He signed with the 49ers.
— Paul Domowitch (@pdomo) October 10, 2016
Shepherd had a great reputation off the field so hopefully the young man does well in the future. Chip was a big fan of his and with a recent CB injury they had an open roster spot.
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