"Not only is he a great football player, but he's a great person, and I wouldn't want anybody else other than those guys in that room," Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud told reporters in the 2024 offseason. "His mindset is that he's just ready to come back and ball. Metchie is looking amazing. Everything that he will put on this field will be no surprise, but I think everybody in this room knows how special he can be, and he'll put that on the field."
The 25-year-old Metchie is a 6-foot, 195-pounder who enjoyed an outstanding career at Alabama, alongside Eagles wide receiver DeVonta Smith, with 155 receptions for 2,081 yards and 14 touchdowns. Metchie and Smith won the National Championship at Alabama in the 2020 season. Metchie was a second-team All-SEC selection in his third and final season at Alabama in 2021.
Metchie has played well in this preseason. He has six receptions for 53 yards in two games, including a team-high 5 catches for 45 yards on eight targets in Saturday's game against Minnesota. Metchie has the versatility to play both outside and in the slot.
He was born in Taipei, Taiwan, and moved to Ghana, then to Canada at the age of 6, before settling in Maryland and then New Jersey in high school.
With Metchie in the fold, the Eagles have 13 wide receivers on the roster and six tight ends.