August 12, 2026

Eagles training camp player stock up/stock down media poll

By Jimmy Kempski
PhillyVoice Staff

Colleen Claggett/for PhillyVoice

Darius Cooper has had a great training camp for the Eagles so far this summer.

We are now 10 practices into Philadelphia Eagles training camp, so as I do each year I polled the Eagles' media contingent on which players have looked good so far throughout camp, and which ones have not looked so good.

For this exercise, I asked 23 Eagles media people, all of whom have attended every practice (or close enough to it in almost all cases) to identify one player whose stock is up and one whose stock is down.

Stock up 📈

On the stock up front, three players received at least two votes.

📈	Votes
WR Darius Cooper	14
EDGE Jalyx Hunt	3
iOL Willie Lampkin	2

For full disclosure, my vote was for Darius Cooper, who began camp on the roster bubble, but who has played his way into consideration for a starting job. Obviously, he ran away with the vote here.

Four other players got one vote each. In alphabetical order:

QB Jalen Hurts
iOL Drew Kendall
WR Elijah Moore
LB Jeremiah Trotter

I agree that Hunt, Lampkin, Hurts, Kendall, Moore, and Trotter have all had good camps.

Here are the players in the past who have gotten at least four "stock up" votes:

Year	Players with at least 4 "stock up" votes
2017	Marcus Johnson (13), Nelson Agholor (4), C.J. Smith (4)
2018	Kamu Grugier-Hill (4), Matt Pryor (4)
2019	Sidney Jones (10), Miles Sanders (7)
2020	John Hightower (4)
2021	Quez Watkins (7), Josh Sweat (4)
2022	T.J. Edwards (5), Britain Covey (5)
2023	Cam Jurgens (5), Reed Blankenship (4)
2024	Jalen Hurts (4), Moro Ojomo (4)
2025	Moro Ojomo (9)

The biggest "false positives" were Sidney Jones in 2019, and John Hightower in 2020. However, the first 10 or so practices of camp were predictive of good seasons for Miles Sanders in 2019, as well as Nelson Agholor, who had his lone impact season in 2017, and Josh Sweat, who had a breakout Pro Bowl season in 2021. Last year, Moro Ojomo became a legitimately good starter who finished second on the team with 6 sacks.

Also, guys like Marcus Johnson, C.J. Smith, and Britain Covey were players who entered camp as long shots, but deserved to make the team and did. In 2022 and 2023 T.J. Edwards', Cam Jurgens', and Reed Blankenship's training camp performances earned them starting jobs.

Stock down 📉

On the "stock down" side, four players got at least two votes.

📉	Votes
WR Makai Lemon	12
WR Hollywood Brown	2
OT Fred Johnson	2
QB Tanner McKee	2

My vote was for Makai Lemon. I don't love picking on a rookie, especially an injured one, but the reality is that Lemon began camp as the favorite to be the third-most targeted receiver in the Eagles' offense this season, and it's now very much looking like he won't start. Lemon can still go on to have a very good career. We'll see. But for now his stock is clearly down.

Five players received one vote each. In alphabetical order:

OL Myles Hinton
CB Kelee Ringo
EDGE Nolan Smith
TE Eli Stowers
LS Rocco Underwood

Here are the players in the past who have gotten at least four "stock down" votes:

Year	Players with at least 4 "stock down" votes
2017	Patrick Robinson (14), Shelton Gibson (10)
2018	Corey Nelson (7), Isaac Seumalo (5), Chance Warmack (5)
2019	Clayton Thorson (9), Jordan Mailata (7), Mack Hollins (5), Stefen Wisniewski (4)
2020	Sidney Jones (11)
2021	Andre Dillard (12), Jalen Reagor (4)
2022	Gardner Minshew (6), Jaquiski Tartt (5)
2023	Nicholas Morrow (7), Nakobe Dean (4)
2024	Ainias Smith (9), Nakobe Dean (5)
2025	OG Kenyon Green (7), Kelee Ringo (6), Andrew Mukuba (5), Azeez Ojulari (4)

Patrick Robinson had one of the worst starts to camp that I've ever seen, but after a switch from outside corner to the slot, he got better as the summer progressed and ended up becoming one of the best slot corners in the NFL that season, making a HUGE play in the NFC Championship Game along the way. Same for Nakobe Dean, 2024 edition. He started camp slowly, but about halfway through started stacking great days and earned a starting role over Devin White.

Otherwise, our stock down picks have been very predictive of bad seasons.

Shelton Gibson played in five games as a rookie, catching two passes.
Corey Nelson got cut before the end of camp.
Isaac Seumalo got benched Week 2.
Chance Warmack actually got into nine games in 2018. He didn't wreck any games, but he wasn't good, either.
Clayton Thorson was a fifth-round pick who got cut.
Jordan Mailata has since become a stud LT, but he didn't appear in any games in 2019.
Mack Hollins was useless as a receiver in 2019 before the team dropped him in-season. He has since become a decent role player elsewhere.
Stefen Wisniewski got cut. (He did go on to start for the Super Bowl-winning Chiefs).
Sidney Jones got cut.
Andre Dillard was a bust.
Jalen Reagor was an even bigger bust than Dillard.
Gardner Minshew went 0-2 in starts, including a bad loss to the Saints.
Jaquiski Tartt got cut.
Nicholas Morrow didn't make the initial 53-man roster, and stunk when the team brought him back and he had to play in real games.
Nakobe Dean (2023 version) had a disappointing, injury-plagued season.
Ainias Smith made the team, but really only because he was a draft pick. He did not play a meaningful role in 2024.
Kenyon Green got cut.
Kelee Ringo couldn't beat out Adoree' Jackson for a starting job.
Andrew Mukuba's inclusion was injury-related, but those injury concerns continued into the regular season.
Azeez Ojulari was entirely forgettable.