Josh Huff Eagles

Jun 17, 2014; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Wide receiver Josh Huff (11) walks to the field during mini camp at the Philadelphia Eagles NovaCare Complex. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

PHILADELPHIA -- When the Eagles called Josh Huff's name with the 86th pick in May's NFL draft, the wide receiver expected to arrive in South Philadelphia as the big man on campus having already logged experience in Chip Kelly's offense.

The confident and collected 22-year-old found out rather quickly that this wasn't college anymore.

"He walked in here thinking, ‘Hey, I know this offense,’" Eagles offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur said. "He'll be the first one to tell you there are a lot of things that have changed and been added from what he did at Oregon, which he just really had to do. We see a lot more defense. We see a lot more man coverage in the NFL than they did in college. So we've got a lot of the traditional things in the passing game that you would run at this level.

"So, that kind of shocked him I think initially that this isn't exactly what we did at Oregon, but he settled in. He's done extremely well. He competes every day. He's very good against bump and run. He's a strong, physical body. He almost looks like a running back because he's kind of a powerful type guy. And he's doing a good job."

Huff looks like a running back because he not only has the build to play the position at 5-foot-11 inches, 211 pounds, but he actually lined up in the backfield in high school, as well as under center.

It's that experience that has made Huff's transition not only to the NFL but to wide receiver one that he believes he's equipped to play at a high level at in the Pros.

""Playing quarterback, I have experience with coverages and how to read them right off the top," Huff explained after signing autographs for a throng of fans following Sunday's practice at Lincoln Financial Field. "Playing running back, [helped] me getting the ball in my hands in short yardage and getting big plays out of them and not going down so easily.

"My job now as a receiver is to hone in on the receiving end of things and just make sure I catch the ball and do what I can to get open. This is the NFL, so there's going to be a lot of holding on the ,so I just have to use my physicality to separate myself and get open."

For all of his self confidence and previous knowledge of the scheme from his days playing under Kelly at Oregon, Huff pointed out that he needed to recalibrate his knowledge of the offense when he stepped into the Novacare Complex for the first time.

"It kind of caught me off guard," Huff said of the differences between Kelly's Oregon offense and the scheme he's installed in Philadelphia. "But that's where I had to retool and rebuild my system over. Now that that's over with, now I can just focus in on the offense and now I feel like I'm back in Oregon."

After posting 144 receptions for 2,366 yards and 24 touchdowns in four seasons with the Ducks, three of them under Kelly, Huff explained that the biggest adjustment has been the terminology used.

While it's been fellow rookie wide receiver Jordan Matthews who has stolen the attention of fans and media alike for his strong showing this camp, the Vanderbilt product and all-time leading receiver in SEC history who was chosen in the second round by the Eagles says he's leaning on Huff for advice during his first training camp.

"He played in the system before in Oregon," Matthews said. "So it's helped a lot in my maturation because he knows the offense, he knows what coach Kelly's explanations are and that's helped me not only on the field but off the field play for this team and these coaches."

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