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Jalyx Hunt earns respect from Eagles fans over old bird tweet

Originally posted on A to Z Sports | By Kelsey Kramer | Last updated 5/7/24

Philadelphia Eagles third-round pick Jalyx Hunt has yet to play a single snap in the NFL, but fans already love him.

That's because an old tweet that he posted in 2018 about a bird resurfaced during draft week and ironically, the bird he wrote about was an eagle.

"Amazing bird. 2 sets of eyelids. 1 set being hard and transparent,” Hunt wrote on X/Twitter. “When storms approach, instead of hiding, they use those transparent eyelids to fly into the storm. Debris can't affect vision and they use the storm to rise above the storm itself. Working to be like the eagle."

don’t know this dude but I am IN pic.twitter.com/QCIKXQJSBE
— loctastic (@loctastic) April 27, 2024

It's crazy that seven years later, Hunt is a Philadelphia Eagle after composing a tweet like that one, especially with the "Working to be like the eagle" line he wrote.

Hunt, 6-foot-4 and 252 pounds, had an impressive NFL Combine performance ahead of the draft with a 4.64 40-yard dash, 37.5-inch vertical jump, and a 10’ 8’’ broad jump.

In his two seasons at Houston Christian, Hunt registered 110 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 7.5 sacks, five forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries.

There is a lot of upside for Hunt to be a starting pass rusher for the Eagles down the road, but for now, he'll work as a quality depth piece and take notes from veterans Brandon Graham and Josh Sweat.

This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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