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Cardinals add young CB to roster

They add undrafted rookie cornerback Cortez Davis from Hawaii and released Nate Brooks.

The Arizona Cardinals had six defensive backs in for a workout on Monday. They signed one of those players.

The team announced it signed undrafted rookie cornerback Cortez Davis.

Davis went undrafted this year out of Hawaii. The 5-11, 188-pounder played 35 games over three seasons and had 131 tackles, 9.0 tackles for loss, one sack, two interceptions, 34 pass breakups and three forced fumbles. He played 12 games last year at Hawaii and led the nation with 19 passes defensed and was named second-team All-Mountain West. Davis originally signed with Denver as an undrafted rookie free agent and was released recently.

This move doesn’t likely really address the top of the roster at cornerback but it does give them another player to develop and evaluate.

To make room for Davis, the Cardinals released cornerback Nate Brooks.

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Broncos cut 4 players to make room on roster for UDFAs signings

ICYMI: Broncos waived OLB Andre Mintze, CB Cortez Davis, OT Drew Himmelman and TE Shaun Beyer. Denver’s now at the 90-man offseason roster limit.

The Denver Broncos cut four players last week to make room on the 90-man offseason roster for their 13 undrafted free agents, the team announced.

The cuts started on Thursday with outside linebacker Andre Mintze, who joined the team as an undrafted free agent out of Vanderbilt last year. Denver has a crowded OLB room and Mintze apparently ranked near the bottom of the depth chart.

After that, the Broncos waived guard Zack Johnson, offensive tackle Drew Himmelman and tight end Shaun Beyer ahead of the start of their rookie minicamp last Friday. Following those moves, Denver’s roster now stands at the 90-man offseason limit.

Story update: Johnson was re-signed on Monday. To make room for Johnson, cornerback Cortez Davis was waived.

The Broncos also recently announced that they re-signed veteran tight end Eric Saubert to a one-year contract. Saubert (6-5, 253 pounds) played in all 17 games with Denver last year (four starts), serving primarily as a blocker (he caught eight passes for 47 yards). Saubert was also a key special teams player for the Broncos in 2021.

Following Saubert’s return, Denver has a somewhat crowded tight end room. Saubert joins Albert Okwuegbunam, Eric Tomlinson, third-round pick Greg Dulcich, Dylan Parham and Rodney Williams at the position.

The Broncos will begin trimming the roster from 90 players down to 53 in August, with a finalized 53-man roster announced in early September.

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Broncos announce undrafted free agent signings: Meet the 13 players

The Broncos have signed 13 undrafted free agents. Learn more about each player here.

After selecting nine players in the 2022 NFL draft, the Denver Broncos then signed 13 college free agents to round out their roster for the summer.

The Broncos announced those 13 undrafted free agents on Thursday, officially confirming the signings. Here’s a quick look at each of the team’s new UDFAs.