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Twitter Reacts To Carson Wentz Pick

Apr 28, 2016 at 12:30 PM

On Thursday night, the Eagles selected quarterback Carson Wentz with the second overall pick the NFL Draft. The North Dakota State standout is the first signal-caller selected by the team in the first round since Donovan McNabb in 1999 and just the second top-five pick by the team since then. After his name was called by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, a handful of his new teammates (and a few others of note) tweeted their congrats to the newly adopted bird…

Welcome to the squad @cj_wentz ..😎😎
— fletcher cox (@fcoxx_91) April 29, 2016

Welcome to Philly @cj_wentz!! Time to get to work, rook! #FlyEaglesFly
— Chase Daniel (@ChaseDaniel) April 29, 2016

Let's get to work @cj_wentz !
— Jordan Matthews (@jmattjmattjmatt) April 29, 2016

Welcome to the squad @cj_wentz, now it's time to get to work! #FlyEaglesFly https://t.co/Nc8V4OLC93
— Zach Ertz (@ZERTZ_86) April 29, 2016

#FlyEaglesFly
— Mike Trout (@MikeTrout) April 29, 2016

Welcome to the #NFL Bruddah #Wentz
— William Turner (@Big_Mountain77) April 29, 2016

Congrats to you @cj_wentz on being the 2nd overall pick in the NFL Draft. Welcome to the NFL family... Looking forward to watching you!
— Michael Strahan (@michaelstrahan) April 29, 2016

Bird gang Carson Wentz!
— ryan mathews (@rmathews24) April 29, 2016

Welcome to the squad @cj_wentz! #EaglesNation
— Lane Johnson (@LaneJohnson65) April 29, 2016

Congrats @cj_wentz ! Welcome to Philly!
— Jordan Hicks (@JordanHicks) April 29, 2016

@cj_wentz Yo bro. Let's go get cheesesteaks
— Jahlil Okafor (@JahlilOkafor) April 29, 2016

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