Kevin White made history during the NFL Draft last Thursday night and Mike Coccia had his football dreams come true over the weekend too.

White became the highest drafted player ever from the Lehigh Valley in the modern day NFL, when the Chicago Bears took the former Emmaus and West Virginia wide receiver with the seventh selection of the 2015 draft.

Freedom graduate, Mike Coccia, joined a long list of players from the area to then sign as an Undrafted Free Agent, following the conclusion of the draft Saturday evening, as the Philadelphia Eagles picked up his rights.

The 6-foot-3, 302-pound Coccia, played center at New Hampshire and started 40 games during his career and was named FCS All-America by the Associated Press.

For Freedom head coach Jason Roeder, Coccia's signing is a great reward for the program.

"We're all super excited for Mike and his family," Roeder said. "He's a big kid, but also a great athlete. You don't always see those two things mixed together. Throw in his great attitude and the Eagles are getting a quality young man."

Coccia was in talks with several teams during Saturday's final day of the draft, including Oakland, Arizona, Cleveland and Atlanta, but ultimately, signing with the Eagles became the best option.

"They presented a more than respectable offer and it was a situation I was comfortable with," said Coccia. "There's familiarity with the system they [Philadelphia] like to run under coach [Chip] Kelly, since he coached at New Hampshire [from 1994-2006].

"I'm just so happy to have this opportunity to continue to have a chance to play football."

Where Coccia will have to battle with 90 players throughout training camp to join the roster.

White will be looked upon to take over a starting role for the Bears, following the team trading Brandon Marshall to the New York Jets in the offseason.

The 6-foot-3, 215-pound White is considered a physical freak at the wideout position, needing polish on his routes, but when it comes to plucking balls out of the air in the red zone, White may be one of the best prospects in this draft to pull in touchdowns on jump balls.

He's also a new found millionaire, as White's four-year rookie NFL contract will yield him $14,714,000 in total earnings, including a signing bonus of nearly $9 million dollars.

"I don't care how much money I get or how many girls want me now," White told the Chicago Tribune. "I'm going to be the same guy I was in college."