Cardinals Cut Lawrence Okoye Last Year For Parking In Wrong Spot

In Episode 3 of โ€œAll or Nothingโ€, which is series about the Cardinalsโ€™ 2015 season, Arizona elected to waive DE Lawrence Okoye after he parked in a spot that was reserved for people buying tickets at to the teamโ€™s practice facility in Tempe, Arizona.

Cardinals HC Bruce Arians explained that Okoye couldnโ€™t find another parking spot. However, even though it was a minor mistake, Arians elected to make an example out of the former British Olympian.

โ€œThere werenโ€™t any parking places, so he just parked and came running in,โ€ Arians said, via ESPN.com. โ€œTough sโ€”, bro.

โ€œHe has a different sense of entitlement having been an Olympian. He is a talented guy. He ought to go to Oxford.โ€

In a prior episode, Arians explained that this is one of his  pet peeves.

โ€œIf thereโ€™s a sign on a parking place anywhere in this facility, donโ€™t park in the bitch,โ€ Arians said, โ€œor Iโ€™ll tow your ass.โ€

Okoye, 24, originally signed on with the 49ers as an undrafted free agent back in 2013. He was considered to be a developmental project, seeing as he was a former rugby and track star.

After a little over two years in San Francisco, Okoye signed on to the Cardinalsโ€™ practice squad last year. He later signed on with the Jets, who elected to make Okoye an offensive lineman upon adding him to their practice squad. However, they waived a few months ago.

The Cowboys signed him to a contract close to a month ago.

Okoye has yet to appear in an NFL game.

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