Eagles sign DB Biggers and WR Ajirotutu

The Eagles signed defensive back E.J. Biggers and wide receiver Seyi Ajirotutu to one-year contracts Tuesday, adding more depth to positions of need.

Biggers, 27, comes from the Washington Redskins and has played cornerback and safety during his five-year career. Ajirotutu, 27, spent most of his career in San Diego and has been a productive special-teams player.

Both players were in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Biggers, who played for Tampa Bay during the first three seasons of his career before spending two years in Washington, is 6 feet and 185 pounds. He started 31 NFL games, including five at safety for the Redskins in 2013, and has four career interceptions. He entered the league as a 2009 seventh-round pick out of Western Michigan. He spent his rookie year on injured reserve.

The Eagles have a clear need at safety, where they have not replaced departed starter Nate Allen. Earl Wolff is the front-runner to take over the starting job. They also could use more depth at cornerback, where the team has added Byron Maxwell and Walter Thurmond this offseason. Brandon Boykin, Nolan Carroll, and Jaylen Watkins return from last season's team.

Ajirotutu, who is 6-foot-3 and 215 pounds, has played 57 games with two starts during his five-year career. An undrafted free agent out of Fresno State in 2010, he played four years with the Chargers and one with Carolina. He has 24 catches for 420 yards and three touchdowns, although most of his contributions have come on special teams. Ajirotutu led the Chargers in special-teams tackles the last two seasons and was named San Diego's special-teams player of the year in 2014.

The Eagles lost wide receiver Jeremy Maclin in free agency and added veteran Miles Austin. They return Riley Cooper, Jordan Matthews, and Josh Huff. Brad Smith remains an unrestricted free agent, and Jeff Maehl is an exclusive- rights free agent. The team also brought back special-teams receivers Quron Pratt and Will Murphy.

Don Looney, 98, who played for the Eagles and also starred at Texas Christian, died Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas.

Looney was the last known survivor of the 1938 TCU team that won the national championship. He then played receiver for the Eagles in 1940, leading the league with 58 receptions and 707 yards. After spending the next two seasons with the Steelers, he went into the military.

His son, Joe Don Looney, was a first-round draft pick by the Giants in 1964.