Kenjon Barner had plenty of opportunities to impress the Philadelphia Eagles coaching staff Wednesday.

With Ryan Mathews and Wendell Smallwood out of practice due to injury, the Eagles had just four running backs active for Day 9 of training camp. That allowed Barner to take reps with the first team.

Doug Pederson took notice of Barner's performance.

Pederson on Barner: I thought he did a good job w/ 1st team. This will be good film for him to watch. Great learning experience. — Jeff Kerr (@jeff_kerr) August 3, 2016

More Pederson on Barner: Needs to improve route running ability. Anytime you put the ball in his hands he has the ability to make a big play — Jeff Kerr (@jeff_kerr) August 3, 2016

Pederson saw first-hand how explosive Barner is once he gets the ball. Sam Bradford threw a perfect strike to Barner during team drills on a wheel route. Barner took the pass 60 yards for the touchdown.

Adding on to Barner's big day, the running back took more reps with the first team in goalline situations. With the Eagles practicing full contact, Barner scored touchdowns on back-to-back plays, one off the left tackle for a rushing touchdown and the other on a pass in the end zone.

Despite wearing down toward the end of practice, Pederson expected the fatigue from Barber since he hasn't got that many reps with the first team.

"His conditioning is improving," Pederson said. "Kenjon handled the workload real well. Overall, he did a good job."

Barner will see more first-team reps with Mathews and Smallwood out. Mathews is expected to return later in the week while Smallwood should be back to practice in a few days.

This opportunity is a golden one for Barner to show the Eagles what he can provide to the offense.

Philadelphia plans to use a running back rotation thought the season. Barner could be that breakout star of the group.

He's off to a good start.