The Eagles moved up seven spots in the fourth round Saturday to draft the most prolific rusher in NCAA Division I history.
The Eagles shipped their second fourth-round pick, No. 139, and their seventh-round pick, No. 230, to move up to No. 132 and select San Diego State running back Donnel Pumphrey.
Pumphrey (see bio) piled up an NCAA-record 6,405 rushing yards in four years at San Diego State, breaking the Division I record of 6,397 yards set by Overbook High graduate Ron Dayne.
Pumphrey surpassed 1,600 yards and 17 touchdown runs in each of his last three seasons, including a Division I best 2,133 yards last year.
He averaged 6.0 yards per carry in his career to go with 99 catches for 1,039 yards and finished with 67 total TDs, including five receiving.
The Eagles are unsettled at running back, with Ryan Mathews in limbo and only 2016 fifth-round draft pick Wendell Smallwood and veteran Darren Sproles in the mix.
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In Pumphrey, the Eagles get a 5-foot-9, 180-pounder who had an incredible 1,158 touches in college, an average of 21.4 per game.
Pumphrey is the first San Diego State player the Eagles have taken since linebacker Matt McCoy in the second round in 2005.
The fourth round is the highest the Eagles have taken a running back in seven years, since they drafted all-time franchise rushing leader LeSean McCoy in 2009. The last running back they selected in the fourth round was Correll Buckhalter out of Nebraska back in 2001.
