Cardinals launch ex-Bears 1st-round WR White
TEMPE, Ariz. — Kevin White’s try to show a disappointing profession round hit a velocity bump Wednesday when the Arizona Cardinals launched the fifth-year extensive receiver.
White had recovered from a hamstring harm that compelled him to overlook a few week of coaching camp earlier than he was lower. He was signed to a one-year contract in March with hopes that he’d keep wholesome sufficient to showcase his skill, one thing he was unable to do in 4 seasons with the Chicago Bears, who drafted him No. 7 total out of West Virginia in 2015.
White, 27, fractured his left leg in each 2015 and 2016, and his shoulder in 2017.
PlayerGamesQB Wealthy Campbell7 (sixth total in 1981)RB Larry Stegent7 (eighth total in 1970)QB Kelly Stouffer13 (sixth total in 1987)*QB Artwork Schlichter13 (4th total in 1982)WR Kevin White14 (seventh total in 2015)QB Andre Ware14 (seventh total in 1990)* Sat out 1987 season on account of contract dispute– Elias Sports activities Bureau analysis
He described the previous 4 seasons as “very irritating” however seemed on the Cardinals’ alternative as a “contemporary begin” to “present what I obtained.”
Cardinals coach Kliff Kingsbury, who coached in opposition to White in faculty and is shut with the receiver’s faculty coach, Dana Holgorsen, was optimistic White might overcome his harm historical past and was happy together with his work ethic throughout coaching camp. However the fixed with White was the uncertainty that he’d keep wholesome.
“He had some unlucky accidents there in Chicago and attempting to form of reestablish himself, actually form of like his rookie 12 months,” Kingsbury mentioned earlier this 12 months.
White was unable to try this.
White performed in simply 14 video games in 4 seasons with the Bears, the third-fewest by any participant drafted within the prime 10 from 1970 to 2015, White’s draft 12 months, in response to Elias Sports activities Bureau analysis. White’s manufacturing in his first 4 seasons was the worst amongst extensive receivers, tight ends and working backs drafted within the prime 10 from 2001 by means of 2015, in response to ESPN Stats & Info analysis.
His 14 profession video games, 25 profession catches and 285 profession receiving yards have been the fewest amongst these classes over that stretch. His zero receiving touchdowns tied with the late Cedric Benson and Cadillac Williams.