With questions about quarterback, Eagles get a familiar face back originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
With Jalen Hurts in concussion protocol and Kenny Pickett dealing with a rib injury, the Eagles re-signed quarterback Ian Book on Thursday.
The Eagles signed Book to their practice squad as an emergency quarterback behind Hurts, Pickett and Tanner McKee.
Book, the Saints’ fourth-round pick in 2021, was a waiver claim by the Eagles on August 31, 2022 and spent the entire 2022 season on the active roster. He suited up twice but never got into a game.
He was released at the end of 2023 training camp after McKee outplayed him.
Book, 26, spent time on the Patriots’ practice squad and was with the Chiefs last summer in training camp.
Book’s only NFL regular season playing time came in 2021 with the Saints. In a late-season start against the Dolphins, he was 12 of 20 for 135 yards with no touchdowns and two interceptions.
Book was 30-5 in 35 starts at Notre Dame, where he holds the school record for most career wins by a quarterback.
“Obviously a highly productive college career,” Nick Sirianni said Thursday. “We had a chance to get him after he played a little bit in New Orleans. We really enjoyed our time with him when he was here and had high hopes for him.
“Obviously, we didn’t keep it close, but that was because other guys were stepping up and playing well, but yeah, I really liked it. I like the person and I like the player. “He played some good football for us in the preseason (in 2023) and is very familiar with a lot of things (he can do).”
NFL rules allow practice squad quarterbacks to serve as third quarterbacks if they are one of two game-day lifts, but not as emergency third quarterbacks.
The Eagles also released running back Lew Nichols and cornerback Tariq Castro-Fields from the practice squad. Nichols was a seventh-round pick of the Packers in 2023, and Castro-Fields was a sixth-round pick of the 49ers in 2022. Neither has ever played in a game with the Eagles, although Castro-Fields played in two games this year. with the Panthers.
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