Cardinals Place OT D.J. Humphries On IR, Sign OT Joe Barksdale

The Arizona Cardinals announced Wednesday that they’ve placed OT D.J. Humphries on injured reserve and signed OT Joe Barksdale to a contract. 

  • The Cardinals also signed OL Rees Odhiambo off the Coltsโ€™ practice squad.

Humphries, 24, is a former first-round pick out of Florida by the Cardinals in the 2015 NFL Draft. He was in the final year of his four-year, $8.912 rookie contract and is set to earn a base salary of $1,450,288 million for 2018 when Arizona picked up his fifth-year option this past May. 

Humphries now stands to make a base salary of $9,625,000 for the 2019 season. 

In 2018, Humphries appeared in nine games for the Cardinals.

Barksdale, 29, is a former third-round pick of the Raiders back in 2011. After a few years in Oakland, he was waived at during the 2012 season and later claimed off of waivers by the Rams.

Barksdale spent three years with the Rams before signing a one-year deal with the Chargers in 2015. He as w in the third year of his four-year, $22.2 million contract and set to make a base salary of $4.5 million for the 2018 season when the Chargers waived him a few days ago.

In 2018, Barksdale has appeared in six games for the Chargers.

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