The Philadelphia Eagles aren’t spending very much to have a former 1st round pick on their roster in 2026, with a 1-year, $1.4 million free-agent contract for former 1st-round pick Joe Tryon-Shoyinka.
According to Inside the Iggles’ Anthony Miller, Tryon-Shoyinka might never even see the field for the Eagles, with the former 1st round pick seemingly already on the outside looking in before he even takes a snap for his new team.
Tryon-Shoyinka was a 1st-round pick (No. 32 overall) by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 2021 NFL draft. He is on his 4th team in 3 seasons after stints with the Cleveland Browns in 2024 and the Chicago Bears in 2025.
The Eagles have added a pair of edge rushers since signing Tryon-Shoyinka on March 29. They traded a pair of 3rd-round picks to the Minnesota Vikings for Jonathan Greenard, then signed him to a 4-year, $98 million contract extension. Philadelphia also drafted New Mexico’s Keyshawn James-Newby in the 7th round of the 2026 NFL draft.
Add in another free-agent signing in Arnold Ebiketie (1 year, $4.3 million), and things aren’t looking good for Tryon-Shoyinka.
“Moving forward to his Eagles tenure, it does not look great for him as he has Greenard, Jalyx Hunt, Nolan Smith Jr., and Ebiketie ahead of him,” Miller wrote. “Tryon-Shoyinka will have to compete with James-Newby for the final spot on the roster if the Eagles don’t decide to add another veteran edge rusher in the months leading up to training camp.”
Joe Tryon-Shoyinka’s History of Underwhelming Play
If you’re looking for a pattern to Tryon-Shoyinka’s career, it’s been teams thinking he’s going to finally tap into his potential … then him doing the opposite.
“JTS on the move,” Fox Sports NFL reporter Greg Auman wrote on X after Tryon-Shoyinka signed with the Eagles. “Still only 26 years old, had 22 tackles, no sacks with Bears and Browns last year.”
Tryon-Shoyinka ended up with the Cleveland Browns in 2025 on a 1-year, $4.755 free agent contract after the Buccaneers saw little to justify signing him to a contract extension in 4 seasons, and especially not after 2023 3rd round pick YaYa Diaby took Tryon-Shoyinka’s starting spot as a rookie.
He ended up with the Chicago Bears just hours ahead of the NFL trade deadline on November 4, sent away along with a 2026 7th-round pick in exchange for a 2026 6th-round pick.
“New Bears EDGE Joe Tryon–Shoyinka hasn’t played much for the Browns this year, but he has a 73.5 PFF grade and has 29.2% pass-rush win rate,” NFL draft analyst Jacob Infante wrote on his official X account. “It’s off a small sample size, but that win rate is the 4th-best in the NFL. Not a splash but depth for a cheap cost.”
Bucs Parted Ways Quickly With 1st Round Bust
The Buccaneers declined the fifth-year option on Tryon-Shoyinka in May 2024 and let him play out the final season of his 4-year, $11.1 million rookie contract.
Tryon-Shoyinka was bad in his final year with the Buccaneers with a career-low 2.0 sacks, and he was been just as bad with the Browns.
“Joe Tryon-Shoyinka in eight games with Browns: zero sacks, zero tackles for loss, one QB hit, nine tackles,” Auman wrote on November 4.
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