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Contract details for Cardinals 6th-round WR Tejhaun Palmer

A look at the contract terms for Cardinals receiver Tejhaun Palmer, drafted in the sixth round.

The Arizona Cardinals selected 12 players in the draft just over two weeks ago and of the 257 total picked in the three-day event, more than 100 have already signed contracts.

Card Wire has learned the four-year contract terms for five of them. One is wide receiver Tejhaun Palmer, a sixth-round choice (No. 191 overall) from Alabama-Birmingham.

Palmer signed a four-year contract worth $4,627,190 that included a signing bonus of $185,228.

The league-minimum base salaries are $795,000 this year; $960,000 in 2025; $1.075 million in 2026 and $1.19 million in 2027. If Palmer is still on the team in 2027, that salary will likely increase to whatever the lowest tender is for restricted free agents. This year, that figure is $2.985 million.

There is also a split aspect of the deal for 2024 and 2025 if Palmer lands on injured reserve, so he would not receive his full salary. The minimum split is $470,000 this year and $515,000 in 2025.

The salary cap charge this year for Palmer is $841,307. However, he doesn’t currently count against the cap because the top-51 cutoff is more than that.

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Expected role for rookie WR Tejhaun Palmer for Cardinals in 2024

Palmer is going to have a tough road to even make the final roster.

The Arizona Cardinals added a second receiver in the 2024 NFL draft when they selected Tejhaun Palmer in the sixth round with the 191st overall pick.

He played collegiately at UAB. He is an athletic freak with size and speed.

What can be expected of him in 2024?

He isn’t a lock to make the roster.

The wide receiver room already has presumed locks of Marvin Harrison Jr., Michael Wilson, Greg Dortch, Zay Jones and Chris Moore.

That is five guys. If the Cardinals keep six receivers, he will have to battle for that spot.

Can he play on special teams?

That will be the question.

Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar believes Palmer is the Cardinals’ sleeper pick in the draft.

But when it comes to expectations, there shouldn’t be many. It will be a huge win for him if he makes the final roster.

Otherwise, we should expect a guy who sticks around on the practice squad with a chance to make an impact in 2025.

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6th-round WR Tejhaun Palmer gets Greg Dortch’s old number

Palmer wore No. 19 in college but will start his Cardinals career wearing No. 83.

The Arizona Cardinals open rookie minicamp Thursday, so their draft picks and undrafted rookies will take the field with their first professional numbers.

Wide receiver Tejhaun Palmer, the Cardinals’ sixth-round selection out of UAB, will wear a number familiar to fans but different than his college number.

He will wear No. 83.

Palmer wore No. 19 in college at UAB. That was not available because Dan Chisena wears it.

The last three seasons, No. 83 was receiver Greg Dortch, who changed  his number to No. 4 after Rondale Moore, who wore No. 4 previously, was traded to the Atlanta Falcons.

Palmer might not keep 83, depending on what happens on the roster. If he makes the team and Chisena does not, that would free up No. 19. But that is a change that wouldn’t happen until September probably.

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6th-round WR named Cardinals’ potential sleeper pick from 2024 draft

Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar believe WR Tejhaun Palmer could be a sleeper pick in the Cardinals’ 2024 draft.

Following the NFL draft each season, the natural thing to do is to try and predict and project the roles of the newly selected players on each team. Who will start? Who will contribute? Who will surprise?

Something fun is to try and figure out who the underrated players from each draft class is. Who are sleeper picks that could outperform their draft status?

Touchdown Wire’s Doug Farrar picked the sleeper of every team’s draft class. For the Arizona Cardinals, he believes it will be receiver Tejhaun Palmer, the Cardinals’ sixth-round pick out of UAB.

The Cardinals came into the 2024 draft with very little to speak of at receiver, and general manager Monti Ossenfort did his level best to solve that issue with the selection of Marvin Harrison Jr. at forth overall. Harrison reminds me of Larry Fitzgerald, another highly-drafted Cardinals receiver, so what’s not to like?

And then, with the 191st overall pick in the sixth round, Ossenfort and his staff pulled off a deep cut with the addition of UAB’s Tejhaun Palmer. Now, Roddy White came out of UAB, so NFL success at the position is not unusual, and Palmer has some serious size/speed stuff to deal with. At 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds, Palmer caught eight passes of 20 or more air yards on 14 targets for 264 yards and two touchdowns. Palmer may still be putting the finer points of his game together, but his tape yells pretty loudly.

“The guy has got upside, he’s got size and he’s got speed,” Cardinals Assistant GM Dave Sears said of Palmer. “We feel like we can develop his routes. The kid’s a tough kid, loves ball — those kinds of things. We definitely feel like there’s some upside we can develop with him. Our coaches, he was down at the East-West Game with them and they saw that first-hand down there too.”

He will have the opportunity to earn playing time. After Harrison, the depth chart includes second-year pro Michael Wilson, Greg Dortch, Zach Pascal and Chris Moore. Only Pascal has reached 600 yards in a season in his career and he has had a combined 19 receptions the last two seasons.

Palmer gives them size and speed. We will see if he can make the adjustment to the pros and produce in an offense that was in the top 10 in many metrics down the stretch despite having almost no one producing at receiver,

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WR Tejhaun Palmer offers high upside with size, athleticism

The Cardinals’ sixth-round pick is big and fast.

The Arizona Cardinals doubled up at receiver in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL draft, selecting Tejhaun Palmer with the 191st pick in the draft, a pick they acquired by moving back three spots in third third round after trading away the sixth-round pick they had to acquire a fourth third-round pick.

Palmer has length and athleticism and is an intriguing addition to the wide receiver room, although he will need some polishing.

He is nearly 6-foot-2 and weighs 210 pounds. He ran a 4.45-second 40 at his pro day, which is great for his size.

At UAB, he caught 47 passes for 858 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging over 18 yards per catch.

When you have 12 draft picks, this is exactly the sort of pick you make late in the draft. He has high-end athletic traits and was productive his final year. He played at the Hula Bowl and the Shrine Bowl, catching one pass for 12 yards.

It will be hard for him to make the roster with Marvin Harrison, Michael Wilson, Greg Dortch and Chris Moore all expected to make the roster.

He was a solid selection when the receivers left on the board were not as athletic. USC’s Brenden Rice was on the board.

Overall, a solid pick, earning a ‘B’ from me.

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POLL: Grade the Cardinals’ selection of UAB WR Tejhaun Palmer in Round 6

The Cardinals got UAB WR Tejhaun Palmer in Round 6. What do you think of the pick?

The Arizona Cardinals used their sixth-round pick (No. 191 overall) to nab their second wide receiver of the draft. They selected receiver Tejhaun Palmer, who played for UAB.

He started at Snow College in Utah and then transferred to UAB, where former Cardinals receiver J.J. Nelson was drafted out of.

He is 6-2 and 210 pounds with great athleticism. He ran the 40 at his pro day in 4.45 seconds and posted a 35-inch vertical leap and 122-inch broad jump.

He averaged 18.3 yards per reception last season, catching 47 passes for 858 yards and seven touchdowns. He played in the Hula Bowl and Shrine Bowl.

What do you think of the pick?

Give the selection a grade in the poll linked here and embedded below.

You can view live results of the poll linked here.

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Giants held top-30 visit with UAB wideout Tejhaun Palmer

The New York Giants held a top-30 visit with UAB wide receiver Tejhaun Palmer ahead of the 2024 NFL draft.

Veteran NFL reporter Aaron Wilson reports that UAB wide receiver Tejhaun Palmer visited with the New York Giants as part of their top-30 visits ahead of the 2024 NFL draft.

The meeting was previously unreported by NFL insiders.

Palmer possesses the size, speed, and production combination that teams crave in a wide receiver and has been impressive in his workouts.

Palmer, who sometimes goes by T.J., could be one of the hottest names come next weekend at the NFL draft in Detroit thanks to his wildly impressive relative athletic score (RAS).

If Palmer goes undrafted, he is likely to be considered a priority free agent.

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