Former Eagles great Brian Dawkins is back with the team.
This time he can't hit anybody.
Dawkins, 42, has been added to the Eagles' scouting department, as the inaugural winner of the Nunn-Wooden Scouting Fellowship, a new NFL program that's designed to introduce former players to scouting.
The Eagles say Dawkins will "study and work closely with all phases of scouting and football operations departments."
Obviously, Dawkins' resume as a player is impressive. After 13 seasons with the Eagles, he became an all-time great and an all-time favorite Eagle. He was an eight-time Pro Bowler and is a member of the team's Hall of Fame.
Dawkins is the Eagles' all-time leader in games played (183) and interceptions (34).
But he was more known for his hard-hitting style, which has been slowly pushed out of today's NFL, which means in his new role, Dawkins might not be able to scout the same type of player he was himself.
