For the second straight year, the Eagles declined when it was their turn to pick in the first round.

And then they did so again in the second round.

Then finally, in the second round, they took Notre Dame defensive tackle Trevor Laws (6-03/4 304 pounds) at No. 47 and California receiver/kick returner DeSean Jackson (5-93/4, 169 pounds) at No. 49.

"Trevor is a high-energy player," Eagles coach Andy Reid said. "He had the most tackles for a loss in the country this past year."

Jackson returns punts and kicks and is an explosive player. "He's very fast, very quick and he's one of those guys that, if you talk to people around the league who have evaluated him, they put him in that exciting, explosive category," Reid said.

Jackson has been working out with Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice. "I have been working with him for the past two months," Jackson said. "He is a great mentor of mine. He has been teaching me a lot of things about running routes and being ready for the competition at the next level."

The Eagles also traded a fourth-round pick (114) for Miami Dolphins running back Lorenzo Booker.

"He's somebody we really liked in the draft last year and we couldn't pull it off where we were able to get him last year, but he's somebody we've had our eyes on," Reid said. "He does some of the same things that Brian Westbrook does."

The Eagles, scheduled to pick 19th, dealt that selection to the Carolina Panthers for three additional picks. The Eagles received a second-round pick (43d overall) and a fourth-round pick (109th overall) in this year's draft and the Panthers' first-round selection in next year's draft.

The deal left the Eagles with two second-round selections, but when their chance arrived to take the 43d pick they acquired from the Panthers, they dealt that and a fifth-round choice (152 overall) to the Minnesota Vikings. The Vikings took safety Tyrell Johnson from Arkansas State. In return, the Eagles received the Vikings' second pick, 47th overall, and an additional fourth-round pick, the 117th selection.

The Panthers used the 19th pick to take Pittsburgh offensive tackle Jeff Otah, a native of New Castle, Del.

A year ago, the Eagles traded their first-round pick - 26th overall - to the Dallas Cowboys and used their first pick of the second round on quarterback Kevin Kolb.

Laws was happy to join former college teammate Victor Abiamiri, who was drafted iin the second round last year. "We're real close friends," Laws said. "We were roommates for over a year. I talk to him on a weekly basis almost. It's really exciting to go to the same team as him."