Arizona Cardinals left tackle D.J. Humphries missed the final nine games of the 2022 with a back injury and was not seen practicing in the offseason program until this week.
On Wednesday, he was on the field getting work in on the second-to-last day of voluntary OTAs.
LT D.J. Humphries is out on the field for the first time this offseason. He’s been rehabbing a back injury that plagued him last season.
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Humphries told reporters after practice that he got cleared for on-field work about a week ago.
He avoided offseason surgery, although he did say he “rolled the dice” a little bit banking on him healing without surgery. He knew about three months ago that he wasn’t going to need it.
Head coach Jonathan Gannon said Humphries “is trending in the right way.”
The Cardinals have mandatory minicamp next week and then will be off until the end of July when they report for training camp.
It appears that Humphries is on track to do what he did before getting hurt.
He told reporters he didn’t give up a sack last season. If he can come back and do that, that’s a very good thing.
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