Eagles sign FB Schmitt and TE/FB Mills
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Eagles sign FB Schmitt and TE/FB Mills
Jeff McLane
The Eagles signed fullback Owen Schmitt and tight end/fullback Garrett Mills to the 53-man roster and placed fullback Leonard Weaver (knee) and center Jamaal Jackson (triceps) on injured reserve.
Mills was on the Eagles practice squad. The team also agreed to terms with guard Fenuki Tupou so that he could join the practice squad.
Originally a fifth round draft choice of Seattle in 2008, Schmitt (6-2, 245) played in 30 games (two starts) in two seasons with the Seahawks, notching 12 receptions for 50 yards and one touchdown while adding 21 rushing yards on five attempts. He was released by the team on September 6.
A three-year starter at West Virginia, Schmitt racked up 1,003 career rushing yards on 160 attempts (6.3 average) and also caught 32 passes for 288 yards and two scores. He earned Division III all-conference honors as a freshman at Wisconsin-River Falls before transferring to West Virginia in 2005.
Wow, a lot of Reid apologist. Iagree with Luriesucks, where is Hartwig or better yet where is Mawae. Oh wait, he retired because noone in the league needed a center who at the same time is President of the NFLPA when a lockout cast a dark shadow over the league.— papabear702- Zero rings..."pukey"...hilarious! Although he said in an interview this summer that he didn't puke. Somebody explain that to me...I watched the Super bowl, I was sober...he puked. Why does he deny this?— Gray Areas
- good call UKEAGLE— jurnee10
- Owen Schmitt was a monster fullback for West Virginia. He went through about ten facemasks during his time as a Mountaineer - Philly fans will love him. I don't know how well he catches the ball, but he should be pretty good at blocking and pounding out short yardage. If he can't pick up a blitz, he won't be on the field very much.— Flying Squirrel
- Aw no.. Jackson is lost too? An ominous start to this season. Let's hope Bradley is ok.— trishiae
- Gray Areas, please provide video proof of McNabb puking in the Super Bowl. I can't find it because it doesn't exist.
Jake Grove still out there?— tpizza- Anybody else feel the phillies are just an easier team to like? I love football, the eagles are my team, but I am at the point where I am not sure I like them as people. The Phillies just seem like an easier team to like
- jlcharles, may not be video proof of Superbowl but I will go with what some of his teammates said in huddle...he got sick. As for actually video proof, google Donovan McNabb throwing up and you get tons of it from Tampa Bay game. Its possible he's done it more than once— Mottz
- I laugh at some of the loser players the Eagles have signed. No wonder why everyone says this is a loser team. Its so nice to have this team in NFC East with all the top notch teams and then this team on the bottom.— MRD
- Stop using a fullback and go to double TE offense. How effective can you expect a practice squad guy to be? Let's see if Harbour has what it takes. How could it make the OL any worse?— jimmyj
- Wow, MRD, that was a heck of a burn. Did you come up from the basement to get your mom to help you out with that one? Schmitt is an interesting option. He was actually the backup to Weaver in '08, and then sparsely used by Mora in '09. Apparently the Seahawks released him because they're not using fullbacks anymore.— 3-hit shutout
Comment removed.- Schmitty! The stat they left out on this guy is that he busted 10 facemasks in college.— barefoot
- About 1/10th of these posts are actual sports discussions, the rest are rants from people reflecting their own pathetic lives, looking for athletes to make up for it. What a country. Poor Kevin Kolb. Would have helped to start on the road.— retzlaff
