Eagles rookie wide receiver Mack Hollins made the most of his opportunities last season at North Carolina. He caught 16 passes, but four of them went for touchdowns. That means every fourth time he touched the ball, the end result was a trip to the end zone.

He averaged 19.3 yards per catch, so it’s safe to say he was a big-time playmaker and that has carried over to the NFL. Hollins’ 64-yard touchdown against the Redskins on Monday night came at an ideal time.

It was second-and-15 in the second quarter and the Eagles offense had been sputtering. Carson Wentz had just been sacked, and starting wideout Torrey Smith ran a deep route on the play.

Receivers coach Mike Groh sent Hollins onto the field to spell Smith. Coincidentally, the play that was called when Hollins trotted onto the field was one that involved a deep route and tight end Trey Burton getting a good block on Ryan Kerrigan to allow the route to develop.

Hollins has worked hard to know all the receiver positions so he can step into the game for Smith, Alshon Jeffery or Nelson Agholor when called upon.

Hard work met an opportunity for Hollins on his momentum-changing play. In the end, Hollins celebrated with a dance and some home run derby.

Here’s how the play transpired from Hollins’ perspective:

That’s an extremely difficult route to cover, especially in that coverage, where (the defensive back) has so much responsibility, but that worked in our favor. We were in a bunch or tight formation. Carson can already tell with the safeties that they are in cover-4. That’s what we wanted.

When I break out, you can see Swearinger’s eyes go back to Carson to check. Once he does that, I kind of already have him beat. That’s a false step while I am in full stride. It’s really hard for any DB to be able to look somewhere, lose a step and catch back up. He looks, sees Carson and I am already turned up the field by that point. For us, it was whoever was there, if you can sell the route the right way, anyone would become aggressive.