Arizona Cardinals first-round choose Walter Nolen III is sidelined with a calf harm and there’s no timeline for his return.
The 21-year-old defensive lineman, chosen sixteenth total within the 2025 draft, was injured in offseason exercises, coach Jonathan Gannon instructed reporters on Wednesday.
Gannon did not rule out that the harm may stretch into the common season.
“I do not know that,” Gannon instructed reporters. “I actually do not. We’ll see the way it goes. Each’s slightly bit completely different. Every harm’s slightly bit completely different. Every man’s slightly bit completely different.”
Defensive sort out Bilal Nichols (neck) and outdoors linebacker BJ Ojulari (knee) can even be sidelined when Arizona opens coaching camp on Thursday.
Nichols was restricted to 6 video games (5 begins) on account of stinger points final season. Ojulari missed your entire season after tearing the ACL in his left knee throughout 2024 coaching camp.
“They wish to be on the market with their teammates and follow,” Gannon mentioned. “We’d like all three. However once they’re wholesome, they’re going to play.”
Nolen was a consensus All-American final season whereas racking up 14 tackles for loss (together with 6.5 sacks) for Ole Miss. He spent his earlier two faculty seasons at Texas A&M.
Nichols, 28, has 248 tackles and 14 sacks in 100 video games (88 begins) over eight seasons with the Chicago Bears (2018-21), Las Vegas Raiders (2022-23) and Cardinals.
Ojulari, 23, had 40 tackles and 4 sacks whereas taking part in in all 17 video games as a reserve as a rookie in 2023.
–Area Stage Media