Villanova running back Kevin Monangai was one of the players whose career ended with the Eagles on Tuesday, as the club gets their roster down to the mandatory 75 players.Signed in August, Monangai had little chance to make the team with the abundance of talent that existed in the backfield before his arrival.
In the free agency period, Philadelphia signed DeMarco Murray and Ryan Mathews to carry ahead of Darren Sproles. Kenjon Barner and Raheem Mostert are also on the positional depth chart, both of whom played well in their exhibition season.
Monangai rushed for 126 yards and touchdown over 21 rushes in three appearances in his first professional opportunity after leading Villanova last season with 12 touchdowns on over 1,000 yards.
The Eagles also put away two of their promising rookies to make room for a pair of spots on their roster, waiving rookie linebacker Emmanuel Acho for injury designation after he hurt this thumb and adding rookie cornerback JaCorey Shepherd to the injured reserve list.
Philadelphia officially cut 12 players on Tuesday:
Offense
RB Kevin Monangai
WR G.J. Kinne
WR Mike Johnson
WR Josh Reese
TE Justin Tukes
C Mike Coccia
OG Jared Wheeler
OT Kevin Graf
Defense
DE Alfy Hill
DE Jeremy Towns
OLB Dasman McCullum
CB Marc Anthony
S Brandon Bishop
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