Rookie CB Elijah Jones gets normal CB number instead of old college number

Cardinals third-round pick Elijah Jones wore No. 1 in college but will wear No. 28 in the NFL.

The Arizona Cardinals’ rookies and more will take the first on Thursday for the first day of rookie minicamp. They will don their professional numbers in practice for the first time.

The team hasn’t announced their rookie numbers yet but they have been revealed.

Third-round pick cornerback Elijah Jo

He will; nes, the 90th pick in the draft out of Boston College, wore No. 1 in college. He can’t wear that in Arizona, as that number belongs to quarterback Kyler Murray.

So what number will he wear?

He gets No. 28, worn last season by safety Qwuantrezz Knight. Before that, it belonged to special teams ace and safety Charles Washington.

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