One of the top pass rushers in the 2023 NFL draft is Texas Tech’s Tyree Wilson. Perhaps the biggest question there is about him is his medical situation.
He suffered a foot injury that required surgery and he did not do any athletic testing leading up to the draft.
He has been cleared medically but an injury like that can cause teams to pass on him or push his value down.
That isn’t the case for the Arizona Cardinals.
According to SI.com’s Albert Breer, the Cardinals passed Wilson medically. While Alabama’s Will Anderson is the one most connected to them if they do not trade the third overall pick in the draft, Wilson is a candidate to be the Cardinals’ selection, either at No. 3 or later if they trade the pick.
Wilson is bigger and longer than Anderson. He is a better physical fit to play defensive end.
Do the Cardinals like him more than Anderson? That we don’t know.
We know from comments made by Daniel Jeremiah that some teams do have Wilson higher on their board than Anderson.
Thursday night can’t come quickly enough. We will know soon enough whether Wilson, Anderson or anyone else is the Cardinals’ first-round pick.
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