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• Cardinals' Xavier Thomas: Disrupts backfield in win

  8D ago • By RotoWire

  Thomas finished with three tackles (two solo), including 1.5 sacks and a tackle for a loss, in Sunday's 29-9 win over the Bears. The linebacker also played on 35.0 percent of the defensive snaps as he continues to share time with Julian Okwara as Arizona's third linebacker. Thomas and Okwara were the next men up after Dennis Gardeck suffered a season-ending ACL injury in the Cardinals' Week 7 win over the Chargers.

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• Cardinals' Xavier Thomas: Healthy scratch again

  30D ago • By RotoWire

  Thomas (coach's decision) is inactive for Sunday's game against the Packers. Thomas is a fifth-round pick out of Clemson and earned a role right away as a rookie, recording two tackles in 65 snaps (51 defensive) across the first three weeks of his rookie season. However, he's fallen out of favor since then, recording back-to-back healthy scratches.

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• Cardinals' Xavier Thomas: Headed to desert

  04/27/2024 • By RotoWire

  The Cardinals selected Thomas in the fifth round of the 2024 NFL Draft, 138th overall. Thomas was a top recruit and ultimately landed with Clemson, where he impressively found the field regularly as a freshman. However, he had sporadic production from there due to injury and a serious bout with COVID-19, which explains his dip into the later rounds of the draft. Thomas will head into the pros with a wide range of outcomes, but he could become part of the Cardinals' rotation along the defensive line behind the likes of Zaven Collins and BJ Ojulari.

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