The Eagles just got a little bit older and a lot more exciting.
The Eagles on Friday evening re-signed 36-year-old running back Darren Sproles, who was mulling retirement when last year ended but apparently wants to play one more year (at least).
Sproles spent the last five years with the Eagles and made the Pro Bowl in 2014, 2015 and 2016 before being limited by injuries to just nine games over the last two seasons.
Sproles ranks sixth in NFL history with 19,520 all-purpose yards. He trails only Jerry Rice (23,546), former Eagle Brian Mitchell (23,330), Walter Payton (21,803), Emmitt Smith (21,564) and Tim Brown (19,682). All are Hall of Famers except Mitchell.
Sproles has 3,486 rushing yards, a 4.9 average, 547 catches, 4,816 receiving yards, a 9.6 average with seven touchdowns on punt returns and a 25.2 average with two touchdowns on kick returns in 14 NFL seasons.
Of the 48 players in NFL history with 3,000 rushing yards and 3,000 receiving yards, Sproles' 4.9 career rushing average is highest.
His nine combined punt and kick return touchdowns - seven punt, two kick - are tied for sixth-most in NFL history behind Devin Hester (19), Mitchell (13), Dante Hall (12), Eric Metcalf (12), Josh Cribbs (11).
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Sproles enters a crowded backfield that also includes rookie second-round pick Miles Sanders, Bears free agent Jordan Howard, Super Bowl hero Corey Clement, 2018 Eagles leading rusher Josh Adams, Sproles' former Saints teammate Boston Scott and 2016 fifth-round pick Wendell Smallwood.
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