Uar Bernard welcomed to NFL — and to football — in Eagles' first rookie practice

PHILADELPHIA — Uar Bernard needed help with his helmet. It was one of the first drills in the first football practice of Bernard’s life, a baby step in a giant experiment. The Philadelphia Eagles used a seventh-round draft choice on a 6-foot-4, 306-pound mystery from a Nigerian village who has never played football, tantalized by athletic testing at the NFL’s International Player Pathway program that prompted comparisons to NFL star Myles Garrett on the NFL Draft broadcast. Before Bernard could swipe at a tackling dummy, he needed his helmet latched.Advertisement