Joshua Matthew Sills (born January 26, 1998) is an

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for the

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of the

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(NFL). He played college football at

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and

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Early life and education

Sills was born on January 26, 1998, and grew up in Sarahsville, Ohio. He attended Meadowbrook High School in Byesville, and was a two-year starter. He committed to the

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, and spent his first year as a redshirt. As a freshman in 2017, Sills played in 13 games and was a starter in 10, five of those at left guard and the other five at right guard. He appeared on 681 snaps and led the team with 13 knockdown blocks. Sills started 12 games in 2018, seeing action on 970 plays and being named second-team All-

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at the end of the season. He started two games in 2019 but missed the rest of the season. Sills transferred to

Oklahoma State University Oklahoma (; Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New ...

for the 2020 season. He started all 11 games that year and was a first-team All-Big 12 Conference pick. He announced he would return to the team for his senior year in January 2021. As a senior, he was voted team captain and led the Oklahoma State in both knockdown blocks with 41 and pancake blocks with 21, earning a first-team All-Big 12 selection for the second consecutive year. He also received several votes for Big 12 Offensive Lineman of the Year, but did not win the award.

Professional career

Sills declared for the

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on January 5, 2022. He went unselected in the draft, but was later signed by the

as an

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. He was one of three 2022 undrafted players to make the Eagles' final roster, along with Reed Blankenship and

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Personal life

Sills' parents, John and Kim, have traveled to every one of his football games since he was nine years old (with the exception of one), racking up over 232,000 miles on their 2013 Nissan Altima.

References

External links

Philadelphia Eagles bio

West Virginia Mountaineers bio

Oklahoma State Cowboys bio
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