By Matt Lombardo | NJ Advance Media For NJ.com
Through two weeks of OTAs, the Eagles have avoided any major injuries, with only linebacker Mychal Kendricks and wide receive Jordan Matthews missing any time due to injury.
Here's an update on Kendricks, Matthews, and the rest of the Eagles' players who are coming back from injuries suffered last season.
LB - Mychal Kendricks
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Injury: Hamstring
OTA Status: Limited
No stranger to soft-tissue injuries, Mychal Kendricks was limited during last Tuesday's practice due to a hamstring injury.
LB - Joe Walker
Injury: Torn ACL
OTA Status: Back on the field
Eagles second-year linebacker Joe Walker has returned to action during OTAs, after tearing his ACL last summer, which cost him his rookie season.
Despite the injury, Walker says that he has tried the best he can to make the most of his time away from the field.
"I think I utilized my time pretty wisely," Walker said, via CSNPhilly. "There are a lot of things you can do like film study, just watching the guys every day during practice. Watching a guy like Jordan Hicks, who is doing everything right, just trying to emulate him."
DE - Alex McCalister
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Injury: Calf
OTA Status: Back on the field
The Eagles had high hopes for Florida defensive end Alex McCalister, after drafting him in the seventh-round of the 2016 NFL Draft, but a calf injury cost McCalister his rookie season.
McCalister appears athletic at defensive end, and has bulked up from 239 pounds to 250 pounds, adding muscle to what was his rookie frame.
CB - Sidney Jones
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Injury: Ruptured Achilles tendon
OTA Status: Absent
The Eagles chose Sidney Jones in Round 2 of April's 2017 NFL Draft, despite the fact that the Washington cornerback ruptured his Achilles tendon working out at his Pro Day.
Jones could be sidelined anywhere from making his debut in late-October, to missing the entire season due to his injury.
CB - Ron Brooks
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Injury: Ruptured Quad
OTA Status: Rehabbing injury
Last season Ron Brooks was the Eagles' starting slot cornerback prior to rupturing his quad in Week 7 against the Minnesota Vikings. Brooks has not been on the field this spring, while rehabbing his injury. In Brooks' absence, the Eagles starting cornerbacks are Jalen Mills, and Patrick Robinson on the outside with rookie Rasul Douglas in the slot.
RB - Ryan Mathews
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Injury: Herniated Disk in neck
OTA Status: Absent
The Eagles are widely expected to release Ryan Mathews once he is fully healthy and it is allowable for the team to do so by the NFL, particularly after LeGarrette Blount was signed last month.
WR - Jordan Matthews
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Injury: Knee tendinitis
OTA Status: Missed last practice
Jordan Matthews, returning to the slot receiver position this season after the additions of Alshon Jeffery, and Torrey Smith, was absent from last Tuesday's OTA practice due to knee tendinitis.
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