The Philadelphia Eagles are starting the long, hard road through the offseason by making smaller moves ahead of free agency in March and the NFL draft in April.
It’s a road made much more difficult thanks to a disheartening home loss to the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Wild Card Round.
One position that lacks some stability moving forward is safety, where longtime starter Reed Blankenship is a free agent and star rookie Andrew Mukuba is coming off a fracture ankle that ended his season in 2025.
To that end, the Eagles have moved quickly to bring back third-year safety Andre’ Sam, who won a Super Bowl with the Eagles in 2024 and rejoined the active roster late in the season and for the playoff loss to the 49ers.
“We have signed S Andre’ Sam to a Reserve/Future deal,” the Eagles announced on their official X account on Wednesday, January 14.
“The Eagles signed S Andre’ Sam to a Reserve/Future deal,” Inside the Birds reporter Andrew DiCecco wrote on X. “Sam, 26, appeared in three regular season games and was elevated for the playoff game.”
Sam has appeared in three games this season, playing 26 total snaps on special teams and three on defense.
Sam’s Long and Winding Road to NFL
Once you know about Sam’s backstory, it’s hard not to root for the Iowa, Louisiana, native to find his place on an NFL roster — whether it’s with the Eagles or somewhere else.
From PennLive.com: “Sam lost his father and grandfather when he was 6 years old, and on the first day of his senior year of high school in 2016, his 23-year-old brother, Aaron Sam, was shot and killed during a home invasion in Lake Charles, Louisiana.”
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