By drafting UNC’s Mack Hollins, Eagles upgrading top-ranked special teams unit

Posted Apr 30, 2017
The Eagles place a heavier emphasis on special teams than most NFL teams, and Fipp’s units have been successful. That is partially why the Eagles' fourth-round pick (118th overall), North Carolina wide receiver Mack Hollins, interested the front office. “Special teams is really the way I got on the field,” Hollins said on a conference call Saturday. (Philly Voice)

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