PHILADELPHIA - Call it the Murfreesboro discount.A five-year starter in Nick Mullens Jersey Tuscaloosa or South Bend might cost an NFL team a first-round pick. One from the sixth-largest city in Tenne see cost the Eagles all of $5,000 to sign.In an era of football where those who play the game for a living have never spent le s time playing the game (reps not games for the uninitiated) maybe we should have seen Reed Blankenship coming.Five years of playing time at Middle Tenne see State provided Philadelphia with a polished product instead of a projection and the 6-foot-1, 203-pound undrafted rookie quickly lapped more heralded players in the secondary to find a spot on the 53- Steve Young Jersey man roster.The man in charge of that decision, GM Howie Roseman, quickly honed in on Blankenships experience at the college level in explaining why the little-known prospect was kept over a former NFL interception leader (Anthony Harris) and a former starter in the Super Bowl (Jaquiski Tartt).Reed is an interesting guy. Reed is a five-year starter. You don't see many of those guys going, Roseman said before head coach Nick Sirianni chimed in with 419 tackles.It's unbelievable, Roseman continued. Reed is one of those guys, he started the last man in that group, and every day we evaluate practice, we evaluate everything he did, and he continued to show up. He had a feel.Blankenship talked about his ascension from the last man on the depth chart with SIs Eagles Today in the locker room before practice on Wednesday."It was an everyday thing, said the 23-year-old Blankenship. I had to stay uncomfortable every day. You gotta go to work every day. I never thought for one split second that I had a spot solidified."When Blankenship got first-team reps opposite Marcus Epps for the first time it was a real eye-opener for those observing practice every day. K'Waun Williams Jersey Scroll to ContinueThe look was hardly a guarantee but it was an indication that defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon and secondary coach Dennard Wilson decided it was worth upping the ante and evaluating him against the teams top offensive players."How I look at it as a Roger Craig Jersey player, you gotta put as much effort into as you can into everything, Blankenship said. When I got my opportunity, I tried to try my best and gave as much effort as I could and hopefully that stood out enough."It obviously did and Blankenship kept getting additional opportunities. As a potential rookie reserve, though, the Alabama native also had to catch the eye of special teams coordinator Michael Clay and thats where the college succe s was actually a bit of a detriment for Blankenship.As a key part of the defense with the Blue Raiders, Blankenship rarely got any special teams work. I did not play a lot of special teams in college, said Blankenship, but I knew coming into the league that special teams is where I'm gonna have to make my Garrett Celek Jersey money, and I knew that and I'm not snubbing my nose at it at all. It's just one of those things where you gotta work on it. Work on it like youre a starter on defense.Blankenship is already starting to excel in the third phase.Honestly, its the same thing you know? You gotta be technical about it, said Blankenship. You got to know what you Trent Taylor Jersey re doing. Youve got to do your job. Be physical. Thats what special teams is and thats just the game of football.On a team with lofty expectations, Roseman added another one when discu sing Blankenship. I don't want to put too high expectations on him, but he kind of reminded me of a guy like Quintin Mikell who we had here, the GM said.He has physical tools, but he's always around the ball, and credit to him and our coaches for putting him in position to make plays.