The Arizona Cardinals now have a complete practice squad to start the season. This will certainly change throughout the season and it changed even in the two days before the unit was complete.
They initially brought back seven players they cut on Saturday. They cut four of them again, re-signed one player they cut later and added six players from outside the organization.
Check out in the pages that follow each player and their player bio, as shared by the Cardinals media department.
LB Dante Booker
Booker joined the Cardinals an undrafted rookie in April. He played collegiately at Ohio State. Listed at 6-3 and 240 pounds, he played in 46 career games (seven starts) and had 74 tackles, nine tackles for loss, three sacks and one pass defensed in his Buckeye career. He played in all 13 games as a senior in 2018 after setting career-highs in 2017 with five tackles for loss and two sacks before a knee injury cut his season short. An Akron, OH native, Booker was the 2013 Mr. Football in the state of Ohio and was one of the top recruits in the nation coming out of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, the same school that produced NBA star LeBron James.
TE Darrell Daniels
Daniels played in two games for the Cardinals in 2018 after he was acquired via a waiver claim from the Seattle Seahawks. The 6-3, 246-pound tight end previously played in 21 career games (five starts) for the Colts (2017) and Seahawks (2018) and has three receptions for 26 yards. He played in nine games this season with Seattle (two starts) after being acquired from the Colts in a trade on September 1. The 24-year old Daniels entered the league with Indianapolis as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2017 out of the University of Washington and played in 12 games (three starts) with the Colts as a rookie. Daniels finished his collegiate career with 47 receptions for 728 yards and five touchdowns in 49 career games (18 starts).
CB Jalen Davis
Davis, listed at 5-10 and 185 pounds, played in three games with the Dolphins last season after originally entering the league with Miami as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2018 out of Utah State. He had six tackles, one sack and one forced fumble as a rookie last season after spending the majority of the year on Miami’s practice squad. While at Utah State, Davis was a four-year starter, playing in 49 games and collecting 181 tackles (123 solo), eight sacks, 11 interceptions, 48 passes defensed and four forced fumbles.
RB Justin Davis
Davis, listed at 6-1 and 199 pounds, played 15 games the past two seasons with the Rams and had three carries for 20 yards. The 23-year old Davis played 11 games last year for the Rams and four games as a rookie in 2017 after originally joining the team as an undrafted rookie free agent from USC. He played 43 games at USC and ran for 2,465 yards and 19 touchdowns and 461 carries to go along with 46 receptions for 400 yards and two touchdowns.
WR Johnnie Dixon
A 5-11, 198-pound wideout, Davis spent the preseason with the Texans after joining the team as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Ohio State in May. He played in 27 games at Ohio State, totaling 67 receptions for 1,146 yards and 16 touchdowns. As a senior in 2018, Dixon played in 14 games and had 42 receptions for 669 receiving yards and eight touchdowns.
OLB Kylie Fitts
Listed at 6-4, 260, Fitts played in seven games as a rookie with the Bears in 2018 after entering the league with Chicago as a sixth-round selection (181st overall) in the 2018 NFL Draft out of the University of Utah. He began his college career at UCLA and played with the Bruins for one season before transferring to Utah where he played his final three seasons. The 24-year old Fitts finished his collegiate career by appearing in 31 games (23 starts) and recording 69 tackles, 11.5 sacks, 15 tackles for loss, 11 passes defensed and five forced fumbles.
OL Sam Jones
Jones, listed at 6-5 and 290 pounds, played collegiately at Arizona State and spent the preseason with the Denver after playing in four games with the Broncos last season. He entered the league with Denver as a sixth-round selection (183rd overall) in the 2018 NFL Draft. The 23-year old Jones played in 32 games (25 starts) at Arizona State. He was released by the Broncos on August 31.
OLB Pete Robertson
Robertson joined the Cardinals on the practice squad in December 2018 and was re-signed after the season. Listed at 6-2, 243, he originally entered the league with Seattle as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2016 out of Texas Tech. He signed with Washington in 2017 and spent the first 11 weeks of the season on the Redskins practice squad last season before being elevated to the active roster where he played in four games and had two tackles. While at Texas Tech, Robertson played in 52 games (36 starts) and had 227 tackles (140 solo), two interceptions, eight passes defensed, eight forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries.
QB Kyle Sloter
Sloter, listed at 6-5 and 218 pounds, spent the past two seasons on the Vikings active roster, but did not appear in a game. He entered the league with Denver as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2017 out of Northern Colorado and joined the Vikings following training camp that season. The 25-year old Sloter began his college career as a wide receiver at Southern Mississippi before transferring to Norther Colorado where he switched to quarterback, completing 197 of 318 passes (61.9%) for 2,665 yards and 29 touchdowns.
TE Caleb Wilson
Wilson was the Cardinals’ final seventh-round pick in April. He was the 254th pick in the draft — Mr. Irrelevant.
Wilson, listed at 6-4 and 240 pounds, led all tight ends in the NCAA FBS last season in receiving yards (965) and receptions per game (5.0) after catching 60 passes with four touchdowns. His 60 receptions and 965 yards in 2018 led UCLA and were the most by a tight end in school history. Wilson was named a second-team All-American and earned first-team All-Pac-12 honors last season while also earning honorable mention All-Pac-12 academic honors. He finished his collegiate career with 114 receptions for 1,675 yards and five touchdowns in 29 career games (17 starts).
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