Eagles release WR Marvin McNutt

Hmm, someone should really pick this guy up.  He was drafted in the 6th round last year, though many a geek thought he should have gone higher.  Unfortunately for Marvin, the Eagles probably weren't the best landing spot for him, since their wide receiver depth was already pretty good.

McNutt is 6'2" tall, 217 pounds and ran a 4.48 forty yard dash.  In his last year in college he had 1315 yards on 82 receptions, which was 27.1% of his teams offense.  The average result would be about 17.78%, so Marvin was significantly more productive than the average player.  In his next to last college year, he had 861 yard on 53 receptions, for 17.29% of the teams offense.  The average result here would be 15.32%.

Player                  Kangaroo Score   Agility Score     Athletic Score   Stat Score    Total    
Marvin McNutt            0.727                -0.049                0.596                  0.755             0.660

From what I have seen, his hands aren't exactly amazing, but they are good enough.  He's big, fairly fast and explosive, and more agile than you would typically expect for a big guy.   You can compare him to some other big receivers that I listed here.  Sometimes he'll drop a catchable ball, but then he'll follow it up with some ridiculous one-handed reception.  It will be interesting to see where he winds up.


I'll try to update this post when I find out where he lands.

Update 5/15: He seems to have been picked up by the Dolphins.  Not what I would have hoped for, but it could be worse, opportunity wise.