The Jatavis Brown era in Philadelphia lasted longer than the LeCharles Bentley and Frank Gore eras, but like everything in life, all good things must come to an end.
On Sunday, the Eagles placed Brown, who is only 26, on the Reserve / Retiree roster, meaning Brown retired from the NFL (duh).
The Eagles signed Brown early in free agency, so he’s a player they were targeting, but he was a roster bubble guy heading into training camp. Brown was drafted by the Chargers in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft, and played an important role in their defense for three years, before seeing his role dwindle in 2019. His career numbers:
| Jatavis brown | Tackling (TFL) | Bags | INT (PBU) | FF-FR |
| 2016 (12 games, 7 starts) | 79 (8) | 3.5 | 0 (6) | 2-1 |
| 2017 (16 games, 5 starts) | 79 (2) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0-1 |
| 2018 (15 games, 10 starts) | 97 (4) | 1 | 0 (5) | 1-0 |
| 2019 (13 games, 1 start) | 10 (0) | 0 | 0 (0) | 0-1 |
In April, we took a close look at Brown’s 2019 season, and it wasn’t pretty.
This offseason we’re looking at a handful of Eagles players who are either new or already with the squad, but we may not know much about them yet due to limited action. Here, we’ll cover LB Jatavis Brown. ???? (Discussion and article) https://t.co/e8gCg5Ccea
– Jimmy Kempski (@JimmyKempski) April 8, 2020
Most closely following the Chargers think Brown has had a very promising rookie season, but injuries and regime change may have held back his growth. The Eagles signed him to a one-year contract worth $ 1,047,500, of which $ 550,000 was guaranteed. Obviously, he won’t get that money and won’t count towards the cap.
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