The 2025 NFL draft will commence soon, on Thursday, April 24 with the first round. Rounds 2 and 3 will follow on Friday with the remaining four rounds on Saturday the 26th.
The Arizona Cardinals have selections in the first, second, third, fourth, fifth and seventh rounds.
Let's look at the last several years of picks and see how those picks have worked out.
Below are the last 10 years of fourth-round picks for the Cardinals.
The last 10 years of Cardinals fourth-round draft picks
- 2024: S Darion Taylor-Demerson
- 2023: OL Jon Gaines
- 2022: None (part of DeAndre Hopkins trade)
- 2021: CB Marco Wilson
- 2020: DL Leki Fotu, DL Rashard Lawrence
- 2019: WR Hakeem Butler
- 2018: RB Chase Edmonds
- 2017: OL Dorian Johnson
- 2016: OL Evan Boehm
The absolute misses
In the fourth round, you don't need to have studs. A fourth-round pick who gets through his first contract is a success.
Some end up being bad picks.
Dorian Johnson was a bad pick. He didn't make the team, wasn't brought back to the practice squad and didn't make it anywhere else.
Butler has done well in the UFL but he did nothing in the NFL. He got cut after his second training camp. His rookie season was spent on injured reserve.
The best fourth-round pick
Taylor-Demerson might become that, but it is way too early to say that.
Edmonds is that guy. He had a productive six NFL seasons.
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