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05-05-2025
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2025 Arizona Cardinals UDFA profile: OL Josh Fryar
The Arizona Cardinals, following the 2025 NFL draft, signed six rookie free agents who went undrafted. They round out the 90-man offseason roster and, at the end of this week, will get their first NFL experience with rookie minicamp. Before that takes place, we will go over each player, their traits and college career, so you know more about them. Advertisement We continue with Ohio State tackle Josh Fryar. OL Josh Fryar college career Fryar played five seasons for Ohio State, appearing in 54 games, starting 30. He was the Buckeyes' starting right tackle in 2023-2024. he was the only Ohio State offensive lineman to play in every game last season when the Buckeyes won the national championship. He earned honorable mention all-Big Ten honors last season. The Athletic's Dane Brugler ranked him the No. tackle in the 2025 draft. OL Josh Fryar physical traits Fryar was not invited to the NFL combine. He is 6-foot-5 and 320 pounds with extremely long 34 5/8-inch arms. Advertisement At his pro day, he ran the 40 in 5.07 seconds. He posted a 4.75-second short shuttle and a 7.69-second three-cone. He posted a 34-inch vertical leap and a broad jump of 8-foot-11. OL Josh Fryar blocking metrics Fryar earned an overall 64.0 offensive grade from PFF and his blocking grade splits were 62.7 for run blocking and 62.9 for pass blocking. He was credited for allowing one sack, three quarterback hits and 20 total pressures in 16 games in 2024. He was penalized four times all season, three times in the College Football Playoff. He played exclusively right tackle last season. 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: 2025 Arizona Cardinals UDFA profile: OL Josh Fryar
USA Today
05-05-2025
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2025 Arizona Cardinals UDFA profile: OL Josh Fryar
2025 Arizona Cardinals UDFA profile: OL Josh Fryar What there is to know about Cardinals rookie free agent tackle Josh Fryar, out of Ohio State The Arizona Cardinals, following the 2025 NFL draft, signed six rookie free agents who went undrafted. They round out the 90-man offseason roster and, at the end of this week, will get their first NFL experience with rookie minicamp. Before that takes place, we will go over each player, their traits and college career, so you know more about them. We continue with Ohio State tackle Josh Fryar. OL Josh Fryar college career Fryar played five seasons for Ohio State, appearing in 54 games, starting 30. He was the Buckeyes' starting right tackle in 2023-2024. he was the only Ohio State offensive lineman to play in every game last season when the Buckeyes won the national championship. He earned honorable mention all-Big Ten honors last season. The Athletic's Dane Brugler ranked him the No. tackle in the 2025 draft. OL Josh Fryar physical traits Fryar was not invited to the NFL combine. He is 6-foot-5 and 320 pounds with extremely long 34 5/8-inch arms. At his pro day, he ran the 40 in 5.07 seconds. He posted a 4.75-second short shuttle and a 7.69-second three-cone. He posted a 34-inch vertical leap and a broad jump of 8-foot-11. OL Josh Fryar blocking metrics Fryar earned an overall 64.0 offensive grade from PFF and his blocking grade splits were 62.7 for run blocking and 62.9 for pass blocking. He was credited for allowing one sack, three quarterback hits and 20 total pressures in 16 games in 2024. He was penalized four times all season, three times in the College Football Playoff. He played exclusively right tackle last season. 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.
Yahoo
29-04-2025
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Arizona Cardinals sign 3 of top-ranked UDFAs at their position
The Arizona Cardinals announced the agreed to terms with six rookie free agents following the 2025 NFL draft. They added three offensive linemen, a receiver, a tight end and a defensive lineman. Specifically, they brought in these six players: Advertisement Florida State OL Jeremiah Byers UTSA TE Oscar Cardenas Ohio State OL Josh Fryar Wisconsin WR Bryson Green Connecticut OL Valenin Senn Tennessee DL Elijah Simmons While contract information is not yet known for all, Fryar and Green received healthy guarantees this year that more or less indicate the Cardinals' desire to develop them at least for this season. Not all the Cardinals' additions were considered the top undrafted rookies. ranked the top undrafted players at each position. Only three were in those rankings. Arizona Cardinals UDFA rankings Three were in rankings: Fryar and Senn were the No. 8 and No. 9 undrafted rookie tackles. Simmons was the 15th-ranked defensive tackle Byers, Cardenas and Green were not ranked. Fryar was the player the Cardinals gave the highest total in guarantees with $269,00. Green also received significant guarantees despite not being among the highest-ranked receivers in the undrafted class. Advertisement 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 land 3 of highest-ranked UDFA players
USA Today
29-04-2025
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Arizona Cardinals sign 3 of top-ranked UDFAs at their position
Arizona Cardinals sign 3 of top-ranked UDFAs at their position Find out where the Cardinals' UDFA signings are ranked. The Arizona Cardinals announced the agreed to terms with six rookie free agents following the 2025 NFL draft. They added three offensive linemen, a receiver, a tight end and a defensive lineman. Specifically, they brought in these six players: Florida State OL Jeremiah Byers UTSA TE Oscar Cardenas Ohio State OL Josh Fryar Wisconsin WR Bryson Green Connecticut OL Valenin Senn Tennessee DL Elijah Simmons While contract information is not yet known for all, Fryar and Green received healthy guarantees this year that more or less indicate the Cardinals' desire to develop them at least for this season. Not all the Cardinals' additions were considered the top undrafted rookies. ranked the top undrafted players at each position. Only three were in those rankings. Arizona Cardinals UDFA rankings Three were in rankings: Fryar and Senn were the No. 8 and No. 9 undrafted rookie tackles. Simmons was the 15th-ranked defensive tackle Byers, Cardenas and Green were not ranked. Fryar was the player the Cardinals gave the highest total in guarantees with $269,00. Green also received significant guarantees despite not being among the highest-ranked receivers in the undrafted class. 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
29-04-2025
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Arizona Cardinals add 6 rookie free agents after NFL draft
Arizona Cardinals add 6 rookie free agents after NFL draft Arizona, after drafting seven players, added 6 rookie free agents: three OL, a WR, a TE and a DL. The Arizona Cardinals added seven players in the 2025 NFL draft over the weekend. They have now added another six rookie free agents. After the draft was completed, they worked out deals with three offensive linemen, a receiver, a tight end and a defensive lineman. They announced the following players agreed to deals, pending physicals. Arizona Cardinals undrafted rookie free agent signings Florida State OL Jeremiah Byers UTSA TE Oscar Cardenas Ohio State OL Josh Fryar Wisconsin WR Bryson Green Connecticut OL Valenin Senn Tennessee DL Elijah Simmons We knew four of the additions — all but Green and Senn — by Saturday evening after the draft. Rookie free agent contracts are pretty standard. They are for three years and the league minimum. What can vary is how big a signing bonus and how much of the first year's salary is guaranteed. Fryar's deal includes $269,000 in guaranteed money in salary and signing bonus. Green's reportedly includes $264,000 guaranteed. The Cardinals, with their seven draft picks, have 86 players on the roster. The addition of these six mean that, when their deals become official, one player will need to be cut so the roster is at 91 (90 plus the international exemption of tight end Benhard Siekovits). Player bios These bios come from the Cardinals' press release. Byers (6-4, 320) appeared in 23 games (22 starts) at right tackle over the past two seasons with Florida State after playing four seasons at UTEP where he started 30-of-33 games played at right tackle. Last year with the Seminoles, he played nine games with eight starts at right tackle and was given the Bobby Bowden Leadership Award. In 2023, Byers helped Florida State win the ACC Championship while starting all 14 games. While at UTEP, he was a first-team All-Conference USA selection in 2022. Cardenas (CAR-den-iss) (6-4, 265) played six seasons at the University of Texas at San Antonio and finished his career as the school's all-time leader among tight ends in receptions (65), receiving yards (1,138) and touchdowns (nine). Last season, he was a second-team all-American Athletic Conference selection and was a semifinalist for William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist given to a player with the best combination of academics, leadership and on-field performance. Cardenas appeared in 65 games (40 starts) at UTSA and was a three-time all-conference selection. Fryar (6-5, 320) played five seasons at Ohio State (2020-24) and appeared in 54 games (30 starts). He reunites with Cardinals offensive line coach Justin Frye, who was his position coach at Ohio State the past three seasons. Last year, Fryar started all 16 games at right tackle for the National Champion Buckeyes and earned honorable mention all-Big Ten honors. He was one of only two offensive linemen to start all 16 games for Ohio State last season. In 2023, Fryar started all 13 games at right tackle for Ohio State and earned first-team All-Big Ten honors. Green (6-1, 207) played the past two seasons at Wisconsin after spending the first two years of his collegiate career at Oklahoma State. He is a native of Allen, TX and played at Allen High School, the same high school as Kyler Murray. Green appeared in 42 total games and finished his college career with 97 receptions for 1,422 yards and 11 touchdowns. At Wisconsin, he played 19 games and had 49 receptions for 699 yards and four touchdowns while also adding all-Big Ten academic honors. In his first two seasons at Oklahoma State, Green played 23 games and had 48 receptions for 723 yards and seven touchdowns. Senn (6-7, 310) is a native of Volders, Austria and was a three-year starter at left tackle at Connecticut. He appeared in 41 games for the Huskies the past four years after beginning his collegiate career at Colorado. Prior to college, Senn played three seasons for the Swarco Raiders in Tirol, Austria. Last season he started all 13 games for the Huskies and helped them win the Fenway Bowl after starting all 12 games in 2023. Simmons (6-1, 334) played six seasons at Tennessee (2019-24) and appeared in 55 games, collecting 59 tackles, seven tackles for loss three passes defensed and a half sack. Known for his ability to stop the run, Simmons played all 13 games last season for Tennessee and had 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss while helping the Volunteers to the College Football Playoff. In 2023, Simmons appeared in nine games and had 19 tackles and three tackles for loss. 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.
