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February 22, 2008

Childress to Eagles

The Philadelphia Eagles have signed Bam Childress to a two-year contract, the team announced today.

Childress was originally brought to New England as an undrafted free agent out of Ohio State in 2005, and spent the majority of his time with the team on practice squad, including all of last season. Against Jacksonville on Christmas Eve 2006, Childress had two receptions; in his rookie season, he played in one game at both receiver and corner.

Though he was never promoted to the 53-man roster last season, New England paid Childress nearly twice what most practice squad players make to entice him to remain with the organization in case they did need him. Opposing teams can sign a player off a practice squad if they place him on the 53-man roster and thus compensate him as such.

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 2:52 PM | Permalink