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Eagles add former Dolphins draft pick in wide receiver roster swap originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The Eagles swapped wide receivers on the roster Thursday morning, releasing Brandon Hayes for the third time and signing Tahj Washington .
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Washington, 5-foot-10, 175 pounds, was the Dolphins ' 7th-round pick out of USC in 2024. He missed his entire rookie year with a torn ACL and played in six games last year, with three catches for 37 yards on five targets. He had a career-long 19-yard catch on a pass from Quinn Ewers in a loss to the Patriots in Foxborough on the final day of last year's regular season.
After two years at Memphis, he spent three years at USC, where he was teammates with Eagles rookie 1st-round pick Makai Lemon for one year in 2023. Washington led USC with 59 catches for 1,062 yards and eight touchdowns and led the Pac-12 with 18.0 yards per catch.
The Dolphins released Washington on Tuesday. The Eagles finish the preseason Friday at the Linc against the Bengals.
The Eagles initially signed Hayes on May 27, then released him on June 5 to make room for defensive tackle Zion Wilson. They re-signed Hayes on Aug. 5 and then released him on Aug. 15, only to re-sign him six days later.
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He played three snaps in the Patriots preseason game. He caught a three-yard pass from Cole Payton in the fourth quarter that was negated by a penalty on center Zeke Correll .
With roster cutdown to 53 scheduled for Sunday, the Eagles have 12 wide receivers on the roster: DeVonta Smith , Makai Lemon, Dontayvion Wicks , Hollywood Brown , Elijah Moore , Darius Cooper , Samori Toure , Britain Covey , Quez Watkins , Danny Gray and Erik Ezukanma in addition to Washington.
