The NFL announced on Tuesday morning that defensive end Josh Sweat has been named to the Pro Bowl. Sweat will replace 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa, who is unable to participate due to injury.
Sweat is the fifth Eagle to be named to the Pro Bowl, joining kicker Jake Elliott, defensive tackle Javon Hargrave, center Jason Kelce, and cornerback Darius Slay.
This is the second year in a row that the Eagles will send a defensive end to the Pro Bowl after Brandon Graham earned his long-awaited honor in the 2000 season.
One of four members of the Eagles' Class of 2018 who received a contract extension this season, Sweat repaid the favor with a career year in his first as a full-time starter. Sweat posted a career-high 7.5 sacks, tied with Hargrave for the team lead, to go along with 45 tackles and seven tackles for loss.
"I definitely feel like I've got a lot more in me," Sweat said during his breakout season.
Take a look at the very best photos from the 2021 season.
The defense celebrates an interception by CB Darius Slay
RB Miles Sanders
RB Kenneth Gainwell
T Jordan Mailata
WR DeVonta Smith
DT Fletcher Cox
DE Brandon Graham
G Isaac Seumalo
RB Miles Sanders
CB Steven Nelson
WR DeVonta Smith celebrates his first NFL touchdown
DT Javon Hargrave celebrates with the rest of the defensive line
QB Jalen Hurts
T Lane Johnson
WRs Quez Watkins, DeVonta Smith, and Greg Ward
TEs Dallas Goedert and Jack Stoll
LB Alex Singleton
DT Fletcher Cox
DE Brandon Graham
QB Jalen Hurts
WR Quez Watkins
WR Quez Watkins
WR DeVonta Smith
QB Jalen Hurts
CB Darius Slay
QB Jalen Hurts
CB Darius Slay
DT Fletcher Cox celebrates a touchdown
WR DeVonta Smith
WR DeVonta Smith
CB Steven Nelson
CB Avonte Maddox
DT Fletcher Cox
DT Fletcher Cox
S Rodney McLeod
RB Miles Sanders
QB Jalen Hurts
QB Jalen Hurts
WR Kenneth Gainwell and QB Jalen Hurts
C Jason Kelce with his brother, Chiefs TE Travis Kelce
RB Miles Sanders
RB Miles Sanders
WR DeVonta Smith
RB Miles Sanders
The defensive line celebrates a big play
DE Josh Sweat celebrates a big play
WR Greg Ward
LB Shaun Bradley and CB Andre Chachere
LB Alex Singleton
RB Miles Sanders
OL Landon Dickerson
Members of the offensive line chatting before the game
QB Jalen Hurts
WR Quez Watkins
S Rodney McLeod
S Marcus Epps and CB Zech McPhearson
S Rodney McLeod
CB Steven Nelson
QB Jalen Hurts
T Jordan Mailata
RB Miles Sanders
The defensive backs in a prayer circle
CB Darius Slay
RB Kenneth Gainwell and TE Richard Rodgers
QB Jalen Hurts
The team making its way to the field
WR Quez Watkins
DE Tarron Jackson
CB Darius Slay
S Rodney McLeod
CB Darius Slay
CB Darius Slay celebrates a touchdown
CB Darius Slay
T Jordan Mailata
WR DeVonta Smith
S Rodney McLeod
T/G Jack Driscoll
DT Milton Williams
S Anthony Harris
TE Dallas Goedert
RB Jordan Howard
RB Boston Scott
CB Steven Nelson
LB Shaun Bradley
S Marcus Epps
C Jason Kelce
DT Fletcher Cox leading the team onto the field
S K'Von Wallace
WR DeVonta Smith
WR DeVonta Smith
WRs DeVonta Smith and Greg Ward
CB Darius Slay
CB Darius Slay
CB Steven Nelson
DE Tarron Jackson
T Lane Johnson
RB Miles Sanders
QB Jalen Hurts
Defensive Backs Coach Dennard Wilson
CB Darius Slay
QB Jalen Hurts
QB Jalen Hurts
TEs Jack Stoll, Dallas Goedert, and Tyree Jackson
LB Alex Singleton
C Jason Kelce
T Jordan Mailata
G Nate Herbig
WR Quez Watkins
S Anthony Harris, CB Avonte Maddox, and CB Darius Slay
T Jordan Mailata
S Rodney McLeod
TE Dallas Goedert and WR Quez Watkins
RB Miles Sanders
QB Gardner Minshew and TE Dallas Goedert
TEs Tyree Jackson and Dallas Goedert
TE Dallas Goedert
QB Gardner Minshew
CB Avonte Maddox
C Jason Kelce
DT Fletcher Cox
CB Steven Nelson
Harold Carmichael receives his Pro Football Hall of Fame ring
WR Greg Ward
WR Greg Ward celebrates his touchdown
C Jason Kelce
QB Jalen Hurts
WR Greg Ward
QB Jalen Hurts
CB Andre Chachere
RB Miles Sanders
DT Milton Williams and LB Genard Avery
LB Alex Singleton
T Lane Johnson celebrates his first NFL touchdown
QB Jalen Hurts
LB Genard Avery
T Jordan Mailata and K Jake Elliott
TE Dallas Goedert
S Anthony Harris
S Rodney McLeod
S Rodney McLeod
LB Shaun Bradley
TE Tyree Jackson
RB Kenneth Gainwell
RB Miles Sanders
CB Darius Slay
S Rodney McLeod and S Marcus Epps
DE Brandon Graham
Sweat had three games with more than a sack this season, all wins – at Detroit where he became the first Eagle since Connor Barwin in 2015 to record two sacks in the first quarter of a game, 1.5 sacks at the New York Jets, and 1.5 sacks in what proved to be the playoff-clinching victory at Washington in Week 17.
The 6-foot-5, 265-pound Sweat is still only 24 years old even after completing his fourth NFL season. A key role player in 2019 and '20 lining up for just over a third of the snaps on defense, he took a leap playing a career-best 58 percent of the snaps this past season. He had 10 sacks and 15 tackles for loss entering 2021, nearly matching those totals this season alone.
"When you're younger in the league and not playing as much, you don't know where it can go," Sweat said of waiting for the opportunity to flourish. "I had good leaders in the (defensive line) room and they just kept encouraging me. I just took it day by day and finally got some time to get out there. Just keep going."
