Ricks is the latest undrafted cornerback to find his way onto the Eagles roster.
“Obviously you talk about his pedigree,” GMsaid of Ricks, a Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. native who attend IMG Academy in Florida. “He was the No. 1 corner coming out of high school, and going to LSU. He didn’t have the [best] last [collegiate] season that he wanted to. He was a guy that we spent a lot of time on during the draft process. He came in with an opportunity.
“I think what we saw was a long, instinctive player with good athleticism and ball skills. Those guys are hard to find. His work ethic, his character factor was really high. That’s a great success story for him. He was a guy who thought he’d be a really high pick going into the year. He came in with the right attitude and we called him, and told him he was on the team.
“Like we tell all of these young players, there’s no scholarships in the NFL for any of us. So he’s got to keep working, keep improving, and we’ll keep judging. We evaluate every day.”“I’m ready for the moment,” Ricks told The Inquirer at the conclusion of the preseason. “I’m ready for if or when my name is called to the 53. That’s what I tried to prove everyday. That was my main focus. Trying to show why I should be here, why I belong here, and how much I can help this team.
“I don’t know that there’s a trick [to identifying undrafted cornerbacks],” Roseman said. “It’s a great credit to our scouts for bringing those guys to our attention. I think it’s a a great credit to those guys for how hard they work and a great credit to our coaching staff for developing those guys. We talk all the time from the day they come into our building, everyday we’re talking about developing.
“That takes everyone in the building to join in on that..great credit to our defensive backs coaches led by D.K. [McDonald].”
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