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Donovan McNabb’s Son Receives First Football Offer
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Brandon Huffman at 247Sports.com:
Phoenix Brophy Prep 2027 receiver Donovan McNabb Jr., is making his mark as a pass catcher. While his father Donovan McNabb spent his 13-year NFL career behind center, leading the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl spot, the younger McNabb intends to catch passes for his football career.
He picked up his first offer earlier this summer, from Northern Arizona.
Donovan McNabb Jr? We are old! He’s 16 and was born in 2008, just months before his dad’s last Eagles run to the NFC title game.
They’ve got him listed as six feet tall, 170 pounds, so he’s DeVonta Smith’s current size but still in high school. I was Googling a bit about him and came across some desperate Syracuse fans hoping he follows in his father’s footsteps, but this ain’t 1998 and Paul Pasqualoni ain’t walking through that door. McNabb Jr. is better off going to an actual football school.
Interesting though that he’s playing receiver and not quarterback. Donovan Sr. could have taught him the art of the worm burner, aka that one pass per game that was thrown directly into the ground. Legendary! But Jr. does have some Eagles greats to look up to, guys that his dad threw the ball to. We’re talking T.O., Brian Westbrook, Brent Celek, D Jax, Kevin Curtis in the horrendous blue and yellow throwback uniforms, and Freddie Mitchell and his hands. He also wears #5, and as you know, #5 will always love you.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com