2024 Cardinals roster preview: LS Joe Shimko

We will preview every player on the Cardinals’ roster heading into training camp. This is about long snapper Joe Shimko,

2023 stats

Last season, with 128 successful snaps, he won the Patrick Mannelly Award as the nation’s best long snapper. He had been a semifinalist for the award the previous two seasons. Mannelly was the long snapper for the Bears for 16 seasons (1998-2013) and helped create the award in 2019.

2024 contract details, cap hit

Shimko’s three-year rookie contract is worth $2.835 million and has minimum salaries each season. He also received a $5,000 signing bonus. This year, the base salary is $795,000 and he carries a cap charge of $796,666.