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Arizona Cardinals announce contracts for Zonovan Knight and Starling Thomas V

> **Knight** (5-11, 210) played in a career-high 12 games (eight starts) last season with the Cardinals and ran for 269 yards and a career-high four touchdowns. He also had 22 receptions for 160 yards and one touchdown and 12 kick returns for 256 yards. Of his six career touchdowns, five came in Knight’s final 10 games played with Arizona last season.

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> The 24-year old Knight came to the Cardinals in 2025 after playing three seasons with the New York Jets (2022, ‘24) and Detroit Lions (2023) where he appeared in nine games (four starts) and ran for 313 yards and one touchdown to go along with 14 receptions for 108 yards. Knight entered the league with the Jets as an undrafted rookie free agent from North Carolina State in 2022.

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> **Thomas** (5-10, 194) spent the past three seasons (2023-25) with Arizona after being claimed off waivers as a rookie by the Cardinals in 2023. He originally entered the league with Detroit in 2023 as an undrafted rookie free agent from Alabama-Birmingham. In his first two seasons with Arizona, Thomas played in 29 games (22 starts) and had 85 tackles (66 solo), two tackles for loss, 11 passes defensed and a forced fumble.

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> The 26-year old Thomas had a breakout season in 2024 where he appeared in 17 games (15 starts) and tallied 47 tackles (one for loss), six passes defensed and a forced fumble. He missed the 2025 season on injured reserve.

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