Ed Eagan
Ed Eagan is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League for the Buffalo Bills and New York Giants. He played college football for the Northwestern State Demons.
Early years
Eagan attended Holy Cross High School. As a sophomore, he made 5 interceptions and returned 2 punts for touchdowns.Ed ran a 4.39 40 yard dash.
As a junior, he collected 8 interceptions and had one punt return for a touchdown, while contributing to the team finishing with a 10-3 record. He set a state record with 5 interceptions in a single-game. He received All-district, All-metro and All-state honors.
As a senior, he tallied 3 interceptions, while returning two punts, one kickoff and one fumble recovery for touchdowns. He received All-district, All-metro and All-state honors.
He also practiced basketball and track. He was the long jump regional champion and finished third in the state as a junior.
College career
Eagan accepted a football scholarship from Northwestern State University. As a true freshman, he played sporadically at cornerback and returner. He had 14 tackles, one forced fumble, 12 kickoff returns for 282 yards and 8 punt returns for 83 yards. He scored his first touchdown on an 82-yard kick return against Sam Houston State University. He had 98 all-purpose yards as a returner against the University of Central Arkansas.As a sophomore, he was switched to wide receiver, but maintained his return duties, becoming the team's second-leading receiver and its top returner in 9 games. He registered 46 receptions, 585 receiving yards, 3 receiving touchdowns, 13 punt returns, 124 punt return yards, 34 kickoff returns and 798 kickoff return yards. Set school records for kickoff returns and kickoff return yards in a single-season. He had 7 receptions for 145 yards and a touchdown against Southeastern Louisiana University.
As a junior in 2014, he totaled 73 receptions for 908 yards, 6 receiving touchdowns and averaged 180.8 all-purpose yards per game. He broke five school records and tied another, including career kickoff return yardage, single-season kickoff return yardage, single-season kickoff returns, single-season receptions, single-game receiving yardage, and tied the single-game receptions mark.
As a senior, even though the team didn't settle on starting quarterback Stephen Rivers until midseason, he recorded 58 receptions for 745 yards, 4 receiving touchdowns and averaged 145.5 all-purpose yards per game, establishing a school career All-purpose yard record.
Eagan finished his college career with 177 receptions and 2,228 receiving yards, both Northwestern records. He had 13 receiving touchdowns, as well as over 2,900 kick return yards and 4 return touchdowns.