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Birds Bring Hamilton Home

    by Daily News staff
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Safety Ryan Hamilton, a former Council Rock North star, was on the field at NovaCare today wearing jersey No. 48, just a few days after being released by the Saints.

Hamilton said the Birds, his favorite team growing up, inquired about signing him in the hours after last month's NFL draft, but he had already signed with the Saints. The opportunity for Hamilton to play near home arose again after injuries to some offensive performers led New Orleans to want to bring in reinforcements -- something that required them to make cuts elsewhere.

"I was the only rookie" at the safety position, where New Orleans is pretty well stocked, Hamilton said.

Hamilton (6-2, 210) started 34 consecutive games at Vanderbilt, with his best year coming as a junior when he posted career highs in tackles (104), tackles for a loss (4.5) and interceptions (3).

"I came over here yesterday, did a workout for the coaches, signed immediately after that," Hamilton said after his first rookie camp workout. "I'm just trying to pick everything up as quick as I can, trying to catch up to all the guys that have been here a while ... I've always taken a lot of pride in being a good student of the game, so I expect to catch up pretty quick."

The Eagles released corner Josh Morris, a rookie free agent from Weber State.

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The Eagles also confirmed the hiring of Daniel Jeremiah as West Coast area scout, as was reported in today's Daily News.

A former scout for the Cleveland Browns (2007-08) and Baltimore Ravens (2003-06), Jeremiah was a starting quarterback for Appalachian State for three years (1998-2000) after transferring from Northeast Louisiana (1996-97). He graduated from Appalachian State with a degree in broadcast management and marketing and worked as a production assistant for ESPN's Sunday Night Football from 2001-02 prior to joining the Ravens. He also has authored a popular website, movethesticks.com, which he has discontinued.

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Today was the final installment of rookie camp. Henceforth, when somebody Tweets about so-and-so working "with the first team" it won't be complete nonsense, since the real players will be here when activity resumes Tuesday. (Partial nonsense, maybe, since we're still a long way from  Lehigh in evrery way but the weather, but not complete nonsense.)