We ranked all of Howie Roseman’s Eagles draft classes: What’s his best haul?

Howie Roseman has had a lot of success over the years when it comes to drafting players, but Roseman said last week that he thinks about his first-round misses “I don’t know, every day really.”

Luckily for him and the Eagles, hits have happened more frequently than misses since Roseman began drafting Eagles players in 2010.

Roseman has been in charge of all but one of the last 16 Eagles draft classes.

Which of the draft classes are the best, and which are the worst? We ranked all of them — including the 2015 draft that Chip Kelly had control of — and here’s what we found:

(Note: We considered Pro Football Reference’s Approximate Value metric, the draft class’ impact on the Eagles’ success, picks the Eagles missed on, and other factors in reaching a final order.)

Imagine if the Eagles drafted DeMarcus Lawrence instead of Marcus Smith.

Then imagine if they selected Davante Adams instead of Jordan Matthews.

It’s hard to recover from that.

A better tackle, Tytus Howard, was taken one pick after Andre Dillard. DK Metcalf was picked seven spots after JJ Arcega-Whiteside.

Miles Sanders was a solid performer given his draft spot, but this was an otherwise underwhelming class. The Eagles could have had Gardner Minshew instead of Clayton Thorson. Instead, they ended up trading draft capital for him two years later.

The pass rushers on the board when the Eagles selected Derek Barnett included T.J. Watt and Jonathan Allen.

Barnett did recover the fumble that helped the Eagles win their first Super Bowl, and Rasul Douglas and Mack Hollins have had nice careers — just not with the Eagles.

We’re sticking this one here because it’s far too early to judge this draft class and there are enough reasons for the other classes to go ahead of it.

Jihaad Campbell and Drew Mukuba likely will have a say in how this class turns out.

This is the draft in which Kelly had control. It was worth ranking to show where it would be among Roseman’s classes.

Overall, it wasn’t a terrible draft. Nelson Agholor gets more hate from the memes than he probably deserves. Jordan Hicks dealt with injuries but was a nice player whose best days were not with the Eagles.

Roseman struck gold by drafting a future Hall of Fame center in the sixth round. But there aren’t enough Jason Kelce guest bartending spots to make you forget about the fireman, Danny Watkins, and the rest of this class.

If you’re going to draft a kicker in the fourth round, he had better have a longer career than Alex Henery.

Wow. That’s a lot of picks.

Roseman’s first draft was a busy one, and it didn’t start off being very popular. Brandon Graham was a bust until he wasn’t. Riley Cooper had a couple of solid seasons, but otherwise the middle rounds here make for the answer to expert-level NFL draft trivia.

The bookends are what saved this draft from being lower on the list: Graham and Kurt Coleman. The Eagles got 29 starts out of the 244th pick in the draft.

It’s a little hard to rank this one here. The Eagles drafted their eventual Super Bowl-winning quarterback, Jalen Hurts, in the second round.

But it’s hard to rank this one even this high because of the other Jalen — Reagor. The Eagles could have had Justin Jefferson.

It’s not just Reagor. The rest of the class is pretty unimpressive. If not for Hurts, this one would have contended for the bottom.

This class is still pretty incomplete as far as ranking it goes. Jalen Carter, when healthy, is a dominant force on the Eagles defense, one of the best interior linemen in the game. Nolan Smith was a rotational rusher on a Super Bowl defense.

Moro Ojomo broke out in a big way in 2025 and should take another step forward in 2026. Tanner McKee has been a solid backup quarterback.

Very solid draft, one you could probably flip-flop with the next class easily.

A year or two ago, this class may have been ranked in a worse spot, but Jordan Davis has emerged as a player the Eagles are building around in the middle of the defense, never mind the leader he has become.

Cam Jurgens was brought in to eventually succeed Jason Kelce and, when healthy, he has done just that. Nakobe Dean was a productive starter when he wasn’t injured. All three were a big part of the 2024 Super Bowl team, as was backup tight end Grant Calcaterra.

Plus, the 2022 draft also brought A.J. Brown to the Eagles.

Carson Wentz was on his way to winning the MVP when he went down with a knee injury and watched on the sideline as Nick Foles won the Eagles the Super Bowl.

Things eventually didn’t work out with Wentz, but the trade that sent Wentz to Indianapolis netted the Eagles some assets that helped sprout a tree that in some ways resulted in the team acquiring DeVonta Smith, A.J. Brown, Jalen Carter, and Cooper DeJean. That’s worthy of being ranked this high.

Plus, there’s Jalen Mills in the seventh round, too.

DeVonta Smith is one of the better receivers in Eagles history and may soon see what life as the No. 1 receiver is like if A.J. Brown is traded. Landon Dickerson, when healthy, has been one of the best guards in the sport. Milton Williams turned a big 2024 season — and Super Bowl win — into life-changing money in free agency.

Roseman also got some really solid running back production out of Kenneth Gainwell in the fifth round.

Too high, too early? You could make the argument that the previous class should be higher. You could also make the argument that this class could be higher than the next class ... and the next one.

Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean are already All-Pros and two of the best players in the NFL at their respective positions. Jalyx Hunt, meanwhile, is a third-round edge rusher on his way to earning a pretty solid contract in free agency if he continues to develop on his current track.

Fletcher Cox is arguably the best first-round pick in Eagles history. That alone makes this class worthy of this spot. Then there’s Mychal Kendricks, who was a six-year starter at linebacker, and Vinny Curry, a pass rusher who had nine sacks in 2014. All three were defensive starters on a team that won a Super Bowl.

We haven’t even mentioned Foles yet. Sure, the Eagles got rid of him and had to bring him back for him to become a local hero. It still counts.

If it’s not Cox, or Donovan McNabb, Lane Johnson has an argument for best first-round pick in team history, too. The Eagles aced this draft, at least at the top. They got a long-term, Hall of Fame right tackle and a tight end who made three Pro Bowls and caught the go-ahead score in the Super Bowl.

There’s a bit of a lull after Bennie Logan, who was a decent player, but can we give Roseman points for at least noticing Jordan Poyer, who went on to become an All-Pro in Buffalo?

Talk about efficiency. The Eagles, fresh off a Super Bowl, traded out of the first round, flipping their pick to the Baltimore Ravens, who selected Lamar Jackson.

Roseman then selected Dallas Goedert at pick No. 49 to open the draft for the Eagles. Eight years later, Goedert is still the starting tight end. Avonte Maddox was a solid player for a fourth-round pick.

Josh Sweat, meanwhile, is second in the 2018 class in career sacks (55). Eleven defensive ends were selected ahead of him. He had 2½ sacks in the Eagles’ Super Bowl win over the Chiefs.

Then there’s Jordan Mailata, a second-team All-Pro left tackle whom Roseman selected 23 picks before the end of the draft. The converted rugby player has turned into one of the best players at his position.