Philadelphia Eagles rookie quarterback Carson Wentz is hesitant to call it a photographic memory. He seems hesitant to speak on the subject at all, actually; his humility is a barrier that resists talk that might separate him from the pack.

"A photographic memory, to me, is kind of like brainiac, genius type. I don't think I have that," said Wentz at his locker stall following Thursday's practice, his face a little flush. "I just think I have a good visual memory, so I probably have some aspect of it. But I don't know what that means by definition. I just have pretty good recall of information. So that's all I'll say."

His agent, Ryan Tollner, got to see that recall in action during the pre-draft process. A former quarterback himself, for the Cal Bears, Tollner was part of the team that prepped Wentz for his combine and pro-day interviews. Members of Tollner's team would pop on Wentz's college tape, and no matter what game or what play came on the screen, the quarterback seemed to remember it in fine detail, from what his assignment was to what the defense was trying to do to the thinking behind his decision-making.

Rookie Carson Wentz said that the ultra-fast pace of the NFL game has slowed down for him because of his ability to consistently recall opponents' formations he had previously watched on film. Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images

"He'd start shaking his head about a certain pass play -- 'Oh, yeah, this is what happened here' -- or be able to explain something else, and some of these were films that were from two seasons ago," Tollner said. "But he could remember every play from the second quarter of the third game of his junior season.

"And any time that we talk about those games, the way he can put himself in the moment and sort of see everything again as if he's looking at it on film, it always amazes me."

Tollner was asked if Wentz possesses a photographic memory.

"As far as I can tell, yeah," said Tollner, whose firm also represents quarterbacks Ben Roethlisberger, Marcus Mariota, Jared Goff and Blake Bortles. "The details do not escape him. He is as detailed as any person I have ever been around. There's something going on there in his ability to retain information."

Eagles head coach Doug Pederson agreed.

"I think he does have that type of memory, that type of recollection. He sees things, he remembers it. We can talk about it after a drive is over," Pederson said. "We can obviously see it on the pictures, on the tablets on the sideline, and then when he goes back out there, he can remember that defense. If he sees that front or that coverage, that look again, he knows exactly what's coming defensively, and he can put us in the right play."

Backup quarterback Chase Daniel noted that Wentz takes what has been discussed in the meeting room and applies it to the practice field without having to be reminded -- and that he might do something on game day that was only mentioned once or twice during the week.

Whatever the classification, the ability to tap into an extensive mental catalog in real time has served Wentz well over the course of his football career, including during his early days as a pro.

"I mean, without a doubt. Just having good recall of plays and stuff, for one," said Wentz, a straight-A student throughout his school days. "But seeing film, and then when you're out there, it helps it slow down tremendously when you can recall what you watched on tape. And that's part of the reason why you exhaust the tape: You watch so much of it for the games. I don't know if it's so much the photographic memory as much as it is preparation. They kind of go hand in hand, and one helps the other and all that."