PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia Eagles continued a busy few days of free-agent signings Tuesday afternoon by agreeing to a one-year contract with veteran wide receiver DeVante Parker, NFL reporter Adam Schefter said.
The one-year contract has $4.69 million in guaranteed money, but the Eagles are reportedly only on the hook for $1.2 million, with the rest falling on his former team, the New England Patriots, because they cut him just a year after agreeing to a two-year, $10.8 million contract extension, according to CBS Sports.
“DeVante is thrilled and grateful to become a Philadelphia Eagle and to help this elite organization win a championship,” Parker’s agent Jimmy Gould told Schefter.
The 31-year-old Parker has spent his entire nine-year NFL career playing in the AFC East. He was originally selected in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft (No. 14 overall) by the Miami Dolphins and spent seven seasons there before signing with the Pats in 2022.
Parker has caught 402 passes for 5,660 yards and 27 touchdowns in his career. In two years with New England, he caught 64 passes for 933 yards and three scores.
His addition bolsters a wide receiver group that includes A.J. Brown and Devonta Smith and gives Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts another reliable target.
Also on Tuesday, the Eagles signed free-agent offensive lineman Matt Hennessy and re-signed two of their own players, punter Braden Mann and long snapper Rick Lovato.