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Welcome to the league, Drew Kendall. Kendall — a 6-foot-4 and 300-pound center — was selected by the Philadelphia Eagles with the 168th overall pick in the fifth round of NFL Draft on Saturday.

Drew Kendall, a center from BC, is projected to be drafted between the fourth and sixth rounds. Kendall's father, Pete Kendall, was also an NFL offensive lineman.

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The younger Kendall, after all, checks plenty of the boxes you would want an NFL center to have. He has good length at 6-foot-4 with an almost 78-inch wingspan and 32-inch arms.