The Cardinals took a chance on Carson Beck with the No. 65 overall pick back in the third round, betting on a guy who's seen about as much big-game football as any prospect in this class. Beck spent five seasons at Georgia before transferring to Miami for his final year, where he threw for 3,813 yards and a career-high 30 touchdowns while completing 72.4% of his passes, capping it off by winning Offensive MVP in the Fiesta Bowl and dragging the Hurricanes to the National Championship Game. That's the kind of resume Arizona hopes translates into a fast-tracked QB2 who doesn't need years to develop.
Beck was the last unsigned piece of the Cardinals' rookie class, and now that's cleaned up. Adam Schefter confirmed the ink is dry on a four-year, $7.4 million deal, standard third-round rookie money, and it came bundled with a couple of roster moves on the other side of the ball.
Adam Schefter broke the full transaction sheet: Beck's deal official, plus the Kaleb Proctor and Coziah Izzard moves.
Cardinals officially signed QB Carson Beck to his four-year, $7.4 million rookie contract. Cardinals also placed DL Kaleb Proctor on IR and signed DL Coziah Izzard.
The less fun part of the news dump: rookie DL Kaleb Proctor, a fourth-round pick out of Southeastern Louisiana, is headed to IR. Reports out of Arizona indicate Proctor tore his meniscus during offseason work, a brutal break for a guy who hadn't even gotten to training camp yet. To fill the gap, the Cardinals turned around and signed Coziah Izzard to take a spot on the D-line.
None of this is earth-shattering roster news on its own, but it's a tidy snapshot of where Arizona's at heading into camp: a rookie class fully signed, a third-day flier at quarterback who's started 43 college games, and a defensive front already dealing with attrition before a single preseason snap. For a franchise still figuring out its long-term answer at QB behind Kyler Murray, getting Beck locked in and on the field matters more than the guarantee language ever will.