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Yahoo
18-07-2025
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2025 Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: OL Kelvin Beachum
The Arizona Cardinals report to training camp on July 22 and begin the process of preparing for the regular season, forming the roster and determining starting jobs and roles on the team. Leading up to the start of camp, we will take a look at every player on the offseason roster, their background, their contract, their play in 2024, questions they face and their roster outlook. Next up is offensive lineman Kelvin Beachum. Kelvin Beachum background, 2024 season Beachum, now 36 years old, enters his 14th NFL season and his sixth with the Cardinals. He was drafted in the seventh round in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Steelers and has started 161 games in his career. He has been a starter for almost his entire career, appearing in 189 total games. After four years with the Steelers, a season with the Jacksonville Jaguars and three with the New York Jets, he signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals in 2020. Almost exclusively a left tackle for the first eight years of his career, he became the Cardinals' starting right tackle. After that first season, he re-signed for two seasons and was their starting right tackle for another two seasons. In 2023, he signed a two-year deal again to return but moved into a backup role. He started the final two games of the year at left tackle after D.J. Humphries tore his ACL. In 2024, after Paris Johnson, who replaced Beachum as the starting right tackle in 2023, moved to the left side, Jonah Williams was signed to start, but Beachum ended up starting 12 games between left tackle and right tackle as Williams missed 11 games with a knee injury and Johnson missed the final three, also injuring his knee. Kelvin Beachum 2025 contract details, cap hit Beachum re-signed for the 2025 season, a one-year deal worth $4 million. He received a $1.5 million signing bonus and will earn a guaranteed $1.99 million in salary and up to $510,000 in per-game roster bonuses. His will count nearly $4 million against the cap. Questions he faces, roster outlook Beachum is ageless. He has no intention of stepping away from the game yet and retiring, and he believes he can still play. Can he continue to defy Father Time? Ideally, though, he won't have to have significant playing time because that would mean Johnson and Williams stay healthy. But he is a lock to make the roster and is locked in as the backup swing tackle, the first to fill in for either Williams or Johnson. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts. This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: OL Kelvin Beachum
USA Today
18-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
2025 Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: OL Kelvin Beachum
We will preview every player on the Cardinals roster leading up to training camp. This is about OL Kelvin Beachum. The Arizona Cardinals report to training camp on July 22 and begin the process of preparing for the regular season, forming the roster and determining starting jobs and roles on the team. Leading up to the start of camp, we will take a look at every player on the offseason roster, their background, their contract, their play in 2024, questions they face and their roster outlook. Next up is offensive lineman Kelvin Beachum. Kelvin Beachum background, 2024 season Beachum, now 36 years old, enters his 14th NFL season and his sixth with the Cardinals. He was drafted in the seventh round in 2012 by the Pittsburgh Steelers and has started 161 games in his career. He has been a starter for almost his entire career, appearing in 189 total games. After four years with the Steelers, a season with the Jacksonville Jaguars and three with the New York Jets, he signed a one-year contract with the Cardinals in 2020. Almost exclusively a left tackle for the first eight years of his career, he became the Cardinals' starting right tackle. After that first season, he re-signed for two seasons and was their starting right tackle for another two seasons. In 2023, he signed a two-year deal again to return but moved into a backup role. He started the final two games of the year at left tackle after D.J. Humphries tore his ACL. In 2024, after Paris Johnson, who replaced Beachum as the starting right tackle in 2023, moved to the left side, Jonah Williams was signed to start, but Beachum ended up starting 12 games between left tackle and right tackle as Williams missed 11 games with a knee injury and Johnson missed the final three, also injuring his knee. Kelvin Beachum 2025 contract details, cap hit Beachum re-signed for the 2025 season, a one-year deal worth $4 million. He received a $1.5 million signing bonus and will earn a guaranteed $1.99 million in salary and up to $510,000 in per-game roster bonuses. His will count nearly $4 million against the cap. Questions he faces, roster outlook Beachum is ageless. He has no intention of stepping away from the game yet and retiring, and he believes he can still play. Can he continue to defy Father Time? Ideally, though, he won't have to have significant playing time because that would mean Johnson and Williams stay healthy. But he is a lock to make the roster and is locked in as the backup swing tackle, the first to fill in for either Williams or Johnson. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
USA Today
01-07-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
68 days till the Arizona Cardinals' 2025 season opener: Who has worn No. 68?
With 68 days till the Cardinals open the season against the Saints, we look at the players who have worn No. 68. We are counting down to the start of the 2025 regular season for the Arizona Cardinals and are less than 10 weeks away. They will open the season on the road against the New Orleans Saints on Sept. 7. That is 68 days away. As we count down the remaining days of the offseason, let's look at who has worn that number uniform over the years for the Cardinals. Who has worn No. 68? Cardinals players to wear No. 68 No. 68 has belonged to tackle Kelvin Beachum since 2020. there have been a few notable players to wear it prior to him. Beachum and Stieve have been the best No. 68. Steive started several seasons at guard for the Cardinals in their later years in St. Louis. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
USA Today
23-06-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Arizona Cardinals OL Kelvin Beachum says team must find a way to make playoffs in 2025
Kelvin Beachum says there is no room for excuses for the Cardinals in 2025. They have the talent and now have to perform. Entering the 2025 season, the Arizona Cardinals find themselves in a critical moment. Head coach Jonathan Gannon led a competitive and scrappy four-win team in 2023. In 2024, after being atop the NFC West last in the season, they faded and finished with an eight-win season. This is the year they should take the next step and make the postseason. Fans feel it is the year. Coaches feel it is the year. Offensive lineman Kelvin Beachum, entering his 14th NFL season and sixth with the Cardinals, didn't shy away from the topic. Appearing on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM during minicamp, he didn't shy away from what many would be afraid to say, calling it "the elephant in the room." "We've got to get things done here this year, and that's just the nature of the NFL," he said. "This is a performance-based business. This is year three of this regime. Playoffs are long overdue in some regards, and we gotta find a way." Beachum said it is something players need to be on board about. "You've got to talk about it, he said. "You can't be like, 'oh, we don't have this piece. We don't have this piece. We lack in here.' No, no, it is time out for all those things. "What is important is putting ourselves in a position to clock a ticket to be in the dance and then see what happens from there." He believes the Cardinals have the team to be able to do that this year, and he praised what general manager Monti Ossenfort did in the offseason, calling it "a superb job." "What about the offensive line? That box is checked. Well, what about the quarterback? Box is checked. What about the running back? Box is checked. Receivers, box is checked. DBs, box is checked. And then you spent a ton of money on the defensive line, and you drafted defensive line and you drafted corners. So like, what are we talking about?" He said the Cardinals can't use excuses for potential needs, whether it is at linebacker or a "somebody to take the top off" at receiver. "We've got to find a way to get it done. We've got to find a way to put ourselves in playoff contention." Beachum understands the urgency the team must have. He is entering his 14th season. He doesn't know how many seasons he has left. Will the Cardinals be up for the task? We will see early on how focused they are when the season begins. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe onSpotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
USA Today
06-04-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Contract details for T Kelvin Beachum in his return to Arizona Cardinals
Contract details for T Kelvin Beachum in his return to Arizona Cardinals It took over three weeks, but Beachum finally signed his one year deal. It is worth $4 million. It was early on March 10, the first day of the legal negotiating period for unrestricted free agents, that reports came out that the Arizona Cardinals had reached agreement to re-sign Kelvin Beachum to a one-year contract. Probably due to be being busy with family activities as well as his devotion to off-field endeavors, it took 24 days for the veteran tackle to sign the contract at the team facility in Tempe with his family looking on. Since being signed as a free agent in July, 2020, Beachum has played 75 games for the Cardinals with 62 starts and has been on the field for 4,211 offensive snaps and 248 on special teams. Last season, he started 12 of the 16 games he played, mostly at right tackle because of injuries suffered by Jonah Williams. The ultimate team player and reliable producer, Beachum will be 36 on June 8 and is entering his 14th NFL season. When asked as the 2024 season was ending if he planned to continue playing, Beachum said he hoped to be back with the Cardinals and had the support of his family. 'We'll see what happens,' he said. What happened was signing a contract worth $4 million with $3.49 guaranteed. The latter includes a $1.5 million signing bonus and guaranteed base salary of $1.99 million. The remaining $510,000 is the max that can be earned in $30,000 per-game roster bonuses. The salary-cap charge is $3.97 million because $30,000 of the roster bonuses don't count against the cap this year because he missed one game last season. The 2-year contract he signed in 2023 after general manager Monti Ossenfort and head coach Jonathan Gannon were hired was worth $5.15 million with $3.26 million guaranteed and included a $2.095 million signing bonus. For the 15 signed players with published contract details (Beachum, Zay Jones, Royce Newman, Zay Jones, Simi Fehoko, Jacoby Brissett, Dalvin Tomlinson, Josh Sweat, Baron Browning, Mykal Walker, L.J. Collier, Evan Brown, Akeem Davis-Gaither, Joey Blount, Aaron Brewer and Travis Vokolek) plus the 1-year restricted free-agent tender for Greg Dortch, the total cap hit this year is $55.445 million. We are still without official figures for the new contract for tight end Trey McBride as well as free-agent additions Calais Campbell and Jake Curhan. Prior to signing his new contract, McBride was scheduled to be paid a $5.346 million salary this year and have a cap hit of $5.786 million. That included the final year of signing bonus proration ($440,393) from his rookie deal. Get more Cardinals and NFL coverage from Cards Wire's Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify, YouTube or Apple podcasts.
