The Arizona Cardinals have finished their 2024 NFL draft class, selecting 12 players over the seven rounds. They added three cornerbackers, two receivers, two offensive linemen, a running back, a tight end, a defensive lineman, an outside linebacker and a safety. They don’t have much room on the roster. With 76 players already on the roster before the draft, they will have room for only two undrafted players, the rookie free agents, without having to cut players already on the roster. But with the NFL draft coming to a conclusion Saturday afternoon, it is when things get crazy and teams scram ..read more

The Arizona Cardinals have wrapped up their 12-player  2024 NFL draft class with a seventh-round selection. Using pick No. 226, they selected Miami cornerback Jaden Davis. Davis was ranked No. 60 among cornerbacks by Dane Brugler. His 5-foot-10 and 187 pounds. He was not invited to the combine but completed his athletic testing at his pro day. He ran the 40 in 4.44 seconds with a fantastic 1.49-second 10-yard split. His three-cone was a subpar 7.46 seconds. He has a 119-inch broad jump and 35.5-inch vertical leap. He spent four seasons at Oklahoma and got his degree before transferring to ..read more

The Arizona Cardinals have doubled up at receiver in the 2024 NFL draft. Using their sixth-round pick, No. 191 overall, they selected receiver Tejhaun Palmer, who played at UAB. He is almost 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds. He is considered a freak athlete, making Bruce Feldman’s  college football freaks list this year. Last season for UAB, he caught 47 catches for 858 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 18.3 yards per reception. He had four 100-yard receiving games. At his pro day, he ran the 40 in 4.45 seconds, did 19 reps of the bench press and posted a 35-inch vertical jump and 122-inch bro ..read more

The Arizona Cardinals had four third-round selection on Friday of the 2024 NFL draft. Their third pick of the round was No. 82 overall. They used it to select Illinois tight end Tip Reiman. He never caught more than 19 passes in a season and is known as a physical blocker. He tested very well athletically, especially for his size at 6-5 and 271 pounds. Dane Brugler ranked him as the eighth tight end in the draft and projected he would go on Day 3 of the draft. The Cardinals selected him in the third round. He fills a need they have of a blocking tight end. What do you think of the pick? Give i ..read more

Of the four third-round picks the Arizona Cardinals made on Friday, the second was offensive lineman Isaiah Adams, who played for Illinois. He was selected with the 71st pick in the draft. He started games at left guard mostly but did play right tackle last year out of necessity for the team. He was the sixth-rank guard in the draft, according to Dane Brugler and was worth a third-round pick. What do you think of the selection? Give the selection a grade in the poll linked here or embedded below. Follow the live results linked here. Listen to the latest from Cards Wire’s Jess Root on his podc ..read more

The Arizona Cardinals have added another offensive lineman in the NFL draft. With the second of two fifth-round picks and No. 162 overall, they selected Texas tackle Christian Jones. Jones is 6-foot-5 and 305 and turned 24 in May. He played six seasons for Texas, starting every game over the last four seasons, playing 13 at left tackle and 35 at right tackle. He ran a good 40-yard dash time at the combine at 5.04 seconds but his 8.09-second three-cone at the combine and 8.00-second time at his pro day are red flags. He has long 34.5-inch arms. He will battle for a spot on the roster as a backu ..read more

The Arizona Cardinals have added another defensive player, finally addressing the outside linebacker or defensive edge. With the first of two scheduled fifth-round picks, the Cardinals selected Clemson EDGE Xavier Thomas. He was the 138th overall pick in the draft. Thomas is 6-foot-2 and weighed in at the NFL combine at 244 pounds and 253 at his pro day. He was listed at 270 pounds on Sports Reference for his college stats. He is an older prospect, having played six seasons. He is 24 years old and will be 25 in December. In six seasons, he had 18 sacks and 33 tackles for loss. In 2023, he had ..read more

On Friday, the Arizona Cardinals’ first selection in the third round was running back Trey Benson, who played collegiately at Florida State and at Oregon. He was the 66th pick in the draft. He was only the second running back taken in the draft. He never had a 1,000-yard season but surpassed 900 each of the last two years in Tallahassee, averaging 6.1 yards per carry and scoring 24 touchdowns. He is big at 6 feet tall and 216 pounds. He is fast. What do you think of the pick? Grade it in the poll linked here and embedded below. You can see the live results linked here. Listen to the latest fr ..read more

The Arizona Cardinals have added a third player in the draft for the defensive secondary. With their fourth-round pick, No. 104 overall, they selected safety Dadrion Taylor-Demerson out of Texas Tech. Taylor-Demerson was part of Touchdown Wire’s top 50 players in the draft. Taylor-Demerson is 5-foot-10 and 197 pounds and is athletic. Built similarly to Budda Baker, he ran the 40 in 4.41 seconds and posted a 38-inch vertical leap and 123-inch broad jump. He picked off 10 passes over the last three seasons, having at least three each season, and broke up 33 passes. He is nicknamed “Rabbit” becau ..read more

The Arizona Cardinals enter Day 3 of the 2024 NFL draft with five selections. They have one pick each in the fourth, sixth and the seventh rounds, and they have a pair of picks in the fifth round. Through two days of the draft, they selected two players in the first round, one in the second and four in the third. Here are their player picks so far: Round 1 (No. 4 overall): WR Marvin Harrison Jr. Round 1 (No. 27 overall): DL Darius Robinson Round 2 (No. 43 overall): CB Max Melton Round 3 (No. 66 overall): RB Trey Benson Round 3 (No. 71 overall): OL Isaiah Adams Round 3 (No. 82 overall): TE Tip ..read more