he is being seen as replacement for jeremy maclin who went to kc in the off season. he caught over 100 balls and four touchdowns last season of college football. first birds had two more picks to make today moved up five spots second round from 52 to 47 and frayeded both fifth round picks to miami and got back sixth rounder and they filled yet another need. >> philadelphia eagles select eric rowe defensive back utah. >> john runyan making call there. rowe is defensive back played safety and quarterback he's a pac 12 guy playing at utah. he is battle tested. >> we'll figure out where he hits he may start off corner for us and we have a lot of time here. it's -- it was get what we thought was best secondary guy out there for what we did. he was the guy we targeted. the draft ended last night and that was the guy we wanted. >> i feel like the culture was different. they're doing things in ways i thought was positive. not saying other one was bad but i thought they did theirs a different way and kind of took me by interest and i was like many want to join this type of cu

but is he more like a um, you know like a jeremy maclin?'s very close to a jeremy maclin stylistic klee. maclin was very smooth. he had great speed. but not four-thee speed but fast enough. he's very similar to a maclin probably in size and the things that he does especially well. interestingly maclin came out of missouri he was a punt returner and that was never one of his real pluses here. but agholor is also a very gifted punt returner, and i think if they want to spell darrin sproles a little bit he may fit the bill in that regard, too. >> quickly merrill we did not get cuss mariota your thoughts on the fact that he is in tennessee and apparently will stay in tennessee? >> beasley i never thought they were going to get marcus mariota mariota. i thought it was the most remote thing that could possibly happen. you simply cannot move from 20 down to two in a draft without giving the whole ranch. it would of too costly. chip praised the by saying it was like getting out of your car, looking at this very expensive house and realizing that th

he'll replace jeremy maclin who kelly said could only play on the outside.e twitter world is talking about the eagles first round pick. and who better to talk about wide receiver than his former quarterback, matt barkley. it was his teammate at southern cal. parkly says philadelphia is going to love this guy and he no, sir. he's thrown him the football. also, jordan matthews, remember, he was picked in the second round last year by chip kelly. kelly went out of his way actually yesterday to compare the work ethic of matthews and agholor, saying some of the harders workers he knows then albert from the nfl network interesting take here, agholor the eighth packed 12th player selected by chip kelly in, 50% of the players he has selected have come out of the conference that he was teaching in prior to coming to philadelphia. and agholor might be one of those guys that he remembers well, during his freshman season, toast to the ducks for 162 receiving yards. >> that's skills. wow, all right. thank you jp, appreciate. >> sport radio 94wip is broadcasting live down

there's no jeremy maclin on the team. he's a guy who can also return punts and kicks very happy. so is his family to play for chip kelly. now, as for mayor yot a. kelly said the conversations with tennessee never even got serious. because the asking price was so high. he said it's kind of like when you drive in a fancy neighborhood you see this beautiful house you want to buy but don't go inside because the price is too steep. that's what it was like. we'll have more coming up tonight on eagles draft breakdown and "action news" sports special right after this program "action news" at 11. we'll have more coming up later in sports. you'll hear from coach kelly happy with agholor and not terribly surprised he was not able to move up to to get marcus mariota. >> thank you jamie. >>> philadelphia's iconic love park is getting redesign. plans for 15 million makeover were unveiled tonight as you can see the park will boost much more greenery. grass lawns and flowers. officials say that was a top request from the public. the fountain pool will be removed and water jet will return. famous

and this is a guy that will remind you of jeremy maclin almost identical in size. that's good considering maclin is the guy they're trying to replace. agholor is so valuable for the eagles because he can do a lot of things. he had over 3500 all purpose yards and 27 touchdowns for ufc in his career. and also, chip kelly says he was best available player at 0 and he fits their system well. here's callly on newest wide receiver. >> he's a great fit for what we're doing. i know him fairly well. we tried to recruit him when i was in college he never visited we knew him in high school berkley prep in tampa. got real good extensive knowledge from the people ufc that coached him going back to high school coach who we know well. we worked him out. we had two private workouts with him. and outstanding punts returner and receiver that can play inside and outside receiver and got excellent speed and outstanding hands catches ball away from body. outstanding route runner. real students of the game. we were really excited and he was kind of what our model s he was the best playe

it seems like, we got rid of jeremy maclin and got a guy that they describe as jeremy maclin. >> let's discuss this draft, we will break it down. >>> jams on the cue kill and i-95 with volume and sun glare but we got word of the accident that has lincoln drive closed, southbound, between rittenhouse, to kelly drive, getting word that one of the drivers had a seizure in the vehicle and that is the reason for the accident. so if you are heading south this morning, lincoln drive closed, work your way over toward the boulevard, and as your alternate. mass transit looking good, alex, back over to you. >>> after weeks of speculation, the nfl draft is in the books. how did we do. their picks actually brought some people to tears. >> how do you feel about that pick. >> kyle, kyle, why is he crying. >> because marcus mariota or whatever his name is got pick by tennessee. >> kyle. >> he really wanted marcus mariota. >> kind of like me good difficult too a lot of people were crying. >> his name is kyle goodell. no, i'm just kidding, roger goodell doesn't know how to say his name either. kyle that

. >>> the replaces jeremy maclin who left in free agency and gives sam bradford someone to throw touchdown passes. >> 20th pick in the 2015 nfl draft philadelphia eagles select nelson egalar wide receiver, usc. >> you hear him say mariota. coach may have tried to trade him up but in the end it didn't happen. the draft continues tonight. the "action news" sports team has a special draft breakdown after "action news" at 11:00. >> reporter: the avengers age of ultron was relesioned overnight. the action cam was at the north broad street overnight. many movie goers gave the film rave reviewers of you views. >> it was a great movie, a lot of action. i'm not a big man of marvel, so i'm not too big on like the whole story line. >> the avengers age of ultron is rated pg13. avenger is put out by disney and 6abc is a part of the disfee family. >>> find out how a tiger ventured outside it's natural habitat. >> reporter: we'll need coats on the way to school, but it's a clawd call, what does that mean? we'll have that coming up in the seven-day forecast. (female announcer) you could win $1,000 a day f

he replaces jeremy maclin who left in free agency and gives sam bradford someone to throw touchdown passes. the second and third rounds are tonight. the "action news" sports team will have all the details and special draft breakdown after "action news" at 11:00. many believe the eagles wanted marcus mary on the -- mariota instead. at what tweet, the eagles offered tennessee two first rounders, and fletcher cox and brandon boinken. they said no. >> it's like driving into a a nice neighborhood and looking at a house and saying that's really nice, they tell you the price and you drive away. >> a friend of mine said without mariota, the eagles are like a speedboat without the engine. >> reporter: no, we're getting thin on wide receiver, new good young powered guy may be just the thing. storm tracker 6 live double scan showing we're dry, we had sprinkles and showers down south, as we go in tight on tape kay county it's drizzle dancing around on the beach. as we look outside we have sunshine early on, things look good on sky 6 early on, but we are looking at clouds getting thicker as the day goe

. >> that pick of nelson's, all comparison to jeremy maclin why not just keep jeremy maclin and get a pick that you need. >> reporter: but what about nelson. >> when you try to get a quarterback, you try your best you have to go to the next best and that is wide receiver, that we received. i think he can to damage. >> i think people are trying to rational ice the fact that the offer that chip kelly made to tennessee to move up to get mariota was a valid good offer, and tennessee is too dumb to take it what are we supposed to do. >> i think chip is smarter than any of us, so all of the idiots calling in sports talk radio shut up and follow somebody that knows what they are doing. >> i think i will follow that young man's advice and just follow chip. so nelson agholor this is an impressive young man and welcome to town. i'm beasley reese from the the novacare complex now back to the studioy like that advice. >> solute to that last guy he nailed it right on the head. >> all right beasley thanks very much. >>> well, two rental trucks have been reported stolen since sunday and philadelphia

not, they have big shoes to fill, agholor they drafted 20 and overall will hopefully fill in for jeremy maclin and roe could be the starting corner or the starting free safety both rookies say they are not worried about making an immediate impact. >> my mentality is to progress, i want to be a better player today and better player tomorrow, i'm not worried about saying i'm the guy right now. i want to get bet zblir want to better myself i can't say i'll be a starter week one, have you to earn your spot and respect your respect like a freshman coming into college you have to learn from the people ahead of you. >> yes great attitude to have from the eagles top two picks when i asked them whether or not they wanted to be on the field for the monday night game in four months against atlanta, slow down they told me it's only day one of eagles rookie camp they are trying to learn the play book and get to know their new teammates. >> thank you jeff. >>> last place versus first place, the phillies host the mets the phils are 8.5 games back a good pitching match-up. cole hamels faces matt harvey and ry

mariota, the eagles selected nelson agular. 6'1" wideout replaces jeremy maclin who left in free agency and gives sam broad ford someone to throw touchdown passes. >> reporter: for the 20th pick in the 2015 nfl draft the philadelphia eagles select nelson agular. wide receiver, usc. they were shouting mariota there. coach kelly may have tried to trade up marcus mariota. in the end it didn't happen. the draft continues tonight with the second and third round. the "action news" sports team will have more after "action news" at 11:00. >> welcome agular. >> reporter: that makes a lot of sense because we got rid of some receivers. storm tracker 6 live double scan right now we're mainly dry but down to the south of philadelphia we're continuing to watch a couple of showers that rain was all the way up to dover and the southern half of delaware is filtering out the stuff that we see dancing around off the coast of cape may very light maybe a sprinkle down the shore, not sure that will manage to make it into to places like sea isle. as we look outside mainly cloudy skies it's looking that way do

jeremy maclin, gone. desean jackson you know where he is. he's in washington. he's a redskin., we bring in some new young talent. nelson agholor comes in, big dude 6-foot, 6-foot one, 4.40 usc happy to be here and he says it's actually a great fit. he loves being able to be mentor mentored by some of these other young guys. you got jordan matthews, and then you got huff and these guys texted him as well as all the quarterbacks how they were so glad he was here. so happy that they could train together and do their thing. it's a young bunch. no old vets holding them down. agholor talked about how he's happy to be here and he says listen guys. i love it. it's a great fit. >> a lot of excitement. those guys are truly special people just like the players. for them to think enough of me to reach out to me very genuine of them and both made it very clear josh and matthews made it very clear, you know, they want me to come in and work. i think i'm in a blessed position to have those two guys with that type of mind set now you know you're in comfortable position because this is the typ

he reminds people of jeremy maclin. he sat down with derek gunn and says he never wants to be known as one of those high-maintenance, diva prima donna receives. >> i never want to be described as a guy that doesn't like dirt. i enjoy the physical aspect of the game. whether it's from blocking or making the tough catches. i want all parts of that. right now, i sit here as a player that hasn't done a thing yet for the philadelphia eagles. and all i ask for is a couple days to get better every day. >> and once again on the mound against the former team in atlanta. the phillies scored six runs yesterday in miami. their second most of the season and broke their five-game losing streak. this one was after striking out twice. he may have been a little angry about his performance, but ryan is not in the lineup tonight against the lefty. he's only hitting .186. phillies took 2 of 3 from the braves before maybe they can do it again. jim? >> some progress there. thanks. >>> well lost and found. someone dropped a wedding ring durin

give him the first time around got him the second time around, 6-foot one, 190-pound will replace jeremy maclin, won't kansas city in free agency. of course plenty every rumors that chip would try to trade up for heisman trophy winner marcus mariota. he talked last night and said the price to move up was just too steep. >> part of the plan we will build this team and we still think there is a lot of value in this draft and future drafts, so we'll try to hole onto our picks if we can. >> coming up at 5:00 we'll hear more from chip kelly on how close the team actually got to making a play, for mariota. he'll meet with the media this afternoon, first day of practice, is already monday when the eagles hit the fields. phase two of this off season work out, seems like this season just year around, and he is jumping well in. >> welcome toll nfl and the big show, yuck man. >> extra early, thank you. >> see you in a little bit. some fans were dis a pointed that the eagles did not get mariota others excited about the draft pick, and looking forward to promising season. >> it was a good pick, we kneeled a

but agholor is trying not to compare himself to jeremy maclin. >> i have an understanding of what kind of player he was. he had a great player he had here. i think we're one different people because, i have in the played in the nfl. he has proven himself. i'm here to develop and get an opportunity to play the game. >> all right. delaware drexel and temple, a among mens leaders at dad vail regatta in the final race, mens varsity eight on the schuylkill river florida tech, edging out michigan, drexel comes in third so it helps clinch mens title. drexel wins the overall dad vail regatta what a day on the schuylkill river. >> drexel tough. >> yes, they are. >>> in wilmington delaware today young baseball players paid tribute to the men who played when segregation was still normal. all of the players from the naamans little league wore uniforms reminiscent by those worn by members of the negro league. they wore number 42 in honor of the late jackie robinson. organizers say they did it to teach these kid that while baseball is great character is that much more important. can: beautiful job!

he have is a cologne of jeremy maclin, looks like him, runs like him and catches the ball like him. great hand. goes up and gets the ball. he has the same speed that maclin has. the thing is you don't to have pay him. >> they had jeremy maclin that kansas city stole away by paying him so much money. >> in this situation where kansas city was, they were in dire need of a wide receive are. they were willing to give him big bucks. andy reid knew him very well. it made sense for kansas city. you cannot give him 12 million-dollar. it didn't make sense. >> now what? so sam bradford, is that what they will do. >> sam bradford is the guy. >> he is a great quarterback when he is healthy. >> i think that people don't realize that chip kelly, likes mark sanchez too. he feels like he is comfortable if sanchez is the guy that plays he thinks they can make a playoff and have a good football team with sanchez. a lot of people don't want to buy into that but that is where chip kelly is at. >> back to marcus mariota and tennessee, what you said, that kind of key up a trade here in the next couple of

the wide receiver has big shoes to fill given the departure of jeremy maclin and that is big shoes to feel but hopes to have a hands on coach that from the sounds of it made him feel comfortable already. >> chip walks around and he is the head coach of this organization but he does a great job of being one of the guys, that is not saying he is not a great head coach but it mean a lot to me that he is able to get as much out of the guys just being there like he is in the battlefield with you. >> school is winding down and so the season for one local team looking to finish on top and within i say on top i don't mean on top of the city or the state, i mean the nation the haverford school undefeated a25-0 ranked number one in the country, hopefully they finish how they started. >> it's crazy to think after all the hard work and morning workouts and every lift we have done and every sprint we have ran, it's finally come true, it's an unreal feeling right now. we'll have much more on the undefeated fords coming up at 6:00 and the black hawks and ducks play again tonight and in the east, tam

they let go of jeremy maclin so they got a player to fill his shoes. eagles drafted wide he have iser nelson agholor out of u.s.c. with the 20th pick in the nfl draft. last year he caught 104 balls for 1,313-yard, in 12 touchdowns. the guy wanted to get marcus mariota went second to the tennessee titans. a lot of silly speculation that chip would go get mariota but price tag was just way too high. >>> phillies were tied three-all with the cardinals in the third. in the third matt adams hit a two-one blast to give st. louis a a two -one lead. phillies lose nine-three. their third loss in the the row. we will have more draft coverage tonight of the second and third round picks. that is sports in a minute. i'm sean bell. >>> 4:26. two local restaurants creating discussion because of their names, one of them, we cannot even say a on television but we will explain why these restaurants want the controversy. >>> plus shattered glass covers a south jersey parking lot after two officers smashed their way in the the car who was trapped inside. >>> protest for f

>> caught 104 balls, returned punts, very solid comparable size-wise to jeremy maclin, ready to play inside or outside. now usc knock pack 12 guy for chip kelly. very solid pick. i love a kid named devon smith from ohio state taken little early in the second rounds. my favorite other than the top cup nel this drag. but agholor very solid. he fits chip. and i think this is a pick that will pay dividends pretty quickly. >> look like he had little break away speed. >> he is quick. else into the feel stretcher like desean or anything like, that but eagles have to work on that maybe josh huff can do that, but this kid should playwrite away. >> eric row out of utah. >> love. that will favorite pick of the draft for the eagles, move up together. he's versatile ukee, he is big, long arm we know about the receive nerves this division. he played safety for three years, then moved to corner. so he should get a lot better at cornerback. chip says he will start him at corner. seems like mature kid. ball skills are good. lacking last year. this is my favorite pick the eagles made in the draft. >>

and a lot of people say nelson reminds them of jeremy maclin who left the eagles in free agency.s take a look at nelson arriving today. and he got to meet chip kelly for the first time after being drafted by chip kelly. and chip says there were three or four players at number 20 they liked in the first round, but nelson aguilar was the best out of all of them. and chip says he has a mindset like receiver jordan matthews that he's always working to get better, always wants to improve, and really has a lot of character. and nelson was born in nigeria, moved to the states when he was 5:00 and it was a wild ride of a weekend for him. >> definitely got a great chance to be with coach before he gave the decision to have me here. and i really wanted to be in this place with this coaching staff and these people. right now, you know i'm in a comfortable situation. it always starts with the people. we have truly special people and coaching staff and the players they bring into this organization. >> nelson got a text last night from eagles quarterback sam bradford who reportedly was really

is countering on nelson agholor to become a prime time receiver and fill the void left by one jeremy maclinat team headquarters and jamie you were there with the guy who caught over a hundred balls at usc last year. >> you know, the man of the hour. i've got him. nelson agholor is joining me right now with the biggest smile on his face. can you tell us what the last 24 hours has been like for you? >> it's been amazing opportunity. i've been very blessed to be here and just kind of being around my new family has been good. >> family, we like to hear that. you know, wide receivers is a position what can you bring to the table. >> i want to be a player that can help the team out the best that i can whether it's offense or special teams. you know, coaches are going the try their best to develop me as player and i know one thing i'll definitely embrace the way they do it. >> to hear the eagles call your name at 20, had to have been a dream come true. describe that moment. >> it was amazing. amazing for myself and my family because my mom and dad definitely prayed on it and every day i trained fo

we know they need offense givenly fact there's no desean jackson no jeremy maclin.posed to be in the maclin mold but a little bit of a different player. he had over 3500 all purpose yards in college. we'll see if he can do some some things here and make an impact. we're waiting in south philadelphia to hear from nelson agholor. he's expected to speak any moment and of course i will have updates here all day long. two more picks for the eagles. they have the 20th in the second 20th in the third rounds. maybe today is the day they make trades. live in south philadelphia, jamie a and body. back to you. >> thank you jamie. >>> the world lost an r and b legend today. ben e king passed away at the etch of 70's he's best known for the hit stand by me. the classic was voted one of the top 25 songs of the last century by the recording industry association of america. king was also a member of the drifters and sang on hits like this magic moment, save the last dance for me and there goes my baby. he passed away last night in new jersey. >> to business now taking a look at the

we lost jeremy pennsylvania maclin desean jackson and riley cooper under performed last year. we much need this guy. >> reporter: it is not like we lost them like it wasn't the the eagles decision to lose them. eagles dumped those two guys. they were star players, pro bowlers but eagles didn't like them. they were mouthy players. maclin not as mutty as desean jackson but something didn't want them to keep maclin. maclin had a really good year last year. >> great year. >> they could have kept maclin and drafted somebody else. they have a lot of need. for some reason they got rid of maclin and replaced him with this young receiver some would argue why would you throw all that money at riley cooper and not save some for j mack but we can go on and on and on. >>> a local high school track team beating the odd how they keep racking up some big wins, despite not having a place to practice. >>> plus shattered glass where local officers rescued a baby where police say they found the little girls mom. >>> penn wood absolutely smoke other teams in the penn relays making winning as addic

of course, jeremy maclane left in free agency and nelson aguilar is a guy comparable in size and measurables to maclinm john clark, live in chicago, we will hear from nelson aguilar coming up at 5:00. we'll see you then. >> all right, john. thanks so much. see you in a bit. and nbc 10 is your official eagles station. count on us for coverage through the weekend. we'll have you covered exclusively from coach kelly and some of the picks. the eagles blueprint airs sunday, may 3rd at 11:35 p.m. only on nbc 10. >> it did feel like football weather during the day today. clouds around and much cooler temperatures. but we're going to warm up as we go through the weekend. that's going to lead us to this super sunday. the broad street run just in great conditions. and next week, we're going to see temperatures in the 80s for multiple days. some folks might think it's a little too warm. we have cloudy skies now. it's not too warm now. 62 degrees, the wind out of the east. and we're a little bit cooler than we were at this time yesterday. we're only in the 50s in redding. all day, mt. holly is 58 and other areas