2013 UDFA

[Rome]

http://www.philadelphiaeagles.com/news/article-1/Eagles-Add-Nine-Rookie-Free-Agents/ab652fe1-e514-41a2-9dd2-e256e8ce883b

[ice grillin you]

at the eagles rookie camp this weekend

If you can't stand to read one more sentence with the words "Oregon football," "NCAA" and "recruit" in it, then perhaps you might want to skip this article. But you really need to hear the strange case of New Zealand native and offensive lineman Nic Purcell.

Purcell has been in the United States for two years and has played one year of football at Golden West Community College in Huntington Beach, Calif. He had never played football before this past year—or, at least, that's what he thinks.

While he still lived in New Zealand, the  6'6", 300-pound Purcell played mostly basketball and rugby.
According to Scout.com, the 26-year-old also went on an LDS mission before moving to the USA with his California-based wife whom he met in New Zealand. Purcell moved to California with the intention of attending college.

So far, so good, right?

Do you remember those four letters in the first sentence? NCAA?

So here's the problem. According to Rivals.com, Purcell played in two football games—two—as part of what he calls a "social club" in his home country. The NCAA says that his football eligibility clock started the first time he played a football game, and it's now expired. No more eligibility, that's the NCAA ruling.

See ya, sucker.

However, Purcell is appealing that ruling. According to Rivals.com, the University of Oregon has filed the appeal on Purcell's behalf. One tenet of the appeal is that the level of football Purcell played in New Zealand is useless and shouldn't count in NCAA-ville.

Essentially, Purcell did not relocate to California to play football; he came to go to college and subsequently learned that he might be able to earn a scholarship playing football. Rivals.com rates Purcell a 3-star recruit, and he currently has 10 offers.

Scout.com says that even though Purcell started as a raw player, he has attracted major college attention because of his "ideal size, athleticism and feet."

Purcell also achieved a 4.0 GPA his freshman year at Golden West Community College.

As of last month, Purcell has not committed to any school. But if his NCAA appeal is successful, Rivals.com says that the Ducks will become the front-runner to sign him.

On January 9, Purcell said, "Oregon is very high up on the list because they have been there for me through all this."

No word yet from the NCAA on his appeal. What a surprise, she said snidely.

[phattymatty]

WHAT DOES THE WIFE LOOK LIKE?

[ice grillin you]

[Don Ho]

His resume had no reference to fire fighting so 

Hopefully he's got that Maori warrior mentality.

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/19/eagles-move-on-from-maysonet/

Well that was fast.

[MDS]

is there any evidence to the roseman/howie thing or is florio just being florio and making things up

not that i cant see a possible come to jesus moment where chip is like "the farg is this dork"

[Eagaholic]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/05/19/eagles-move-on-from-maysonet/

Well that was fast.

Well, you win some and you lose some, nothing guaranted. Not everybody can be like Indianapolis for chrisakes. I mean, signing Andrew Luck as an UDFA was farging dope, right?

[General_Failure]

Who?

[Eagaholic]

Indianapolis. The Colts.

[General_Failure]

They moved out of Baltimore?

[Eagaholic]

Try to keep up

[General_Failure]

I don't have time to read the newspaper to learn these things.

[Eagaholic]

I depend on for my college signing info

[ice grillin you]

is there any evidence to the roseman/howie thing or is florio just being florio and making things up

all florio

what happened was they saw the guy during ota's this past week and didnt like him enough to keep him at a position that is probably the deepest and strongest on the roster...florio is acting like they cut bennie logan