April 21, 2026, 10:47 p.m. MT<\/p>\n
The Arizona Cardinals<\/a> have a number of needs they will try to address in the 2026 NFL draft. They really could go with any position during the draft.<\/p>\n Over the next few articles, we will go over players who could be targets in each round.<\/p>\n Let’s have a look at tight ends.<\/p>\n Round 1: Kenyon Sadiq, Oregon<\/p>\n Sadiq is this year’s clear No. 1. He might be the only tight end taken in the first round.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Round 2: Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt<\/p>\n Stowers was an All-American last season and had 62 catches for 769 yards and four scores. He is an explosive jumper and is still growing at the position.<\/p>\n Round 3: Max Klare, Ohio State<\/p>\n After 51 catches for 685 yards and four touchdowns in 2024 for Purdue, he transferred to Ohio State and had 43 for 448 and two touchdowns in 2025. He is athletic and an adequate blocker.<\/p>\n Round 4: Sam Roush, Stanford<\/p>\n He is a big guy and able to block well inline at 6-6 and 267 pounds. He adds a little as a pass catcher, too.<\/p>\n Round 5: Joe Royer, Cincinnati<\/p>\n He is 6-5 and 247 pounds and was solid for two seasons in Cincinnati after three uneventful years at Ohio State. His 50 catches in 2024 set a school record for catches in a season, beating the 45 Travis Kelce had many years ago.<\/p>\n Round 6: Dallen Bentley, Utah<\/p>\n After two seasons of nothing, he exploded in 2025 with 48 catches for 620 yards and a team-high six touchdowns.<\/p>\n Round 7: Josh Cuevas, Alabama<\/p>\n He had 37 catches for 411 yards and four touchdowns last year. He is a solid blocker with some upside in the pass game.<\/p>\n Get more Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from Cards<\/a> Wire’s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 21, 2026, 10:47 p.m. MT The Arizona Cardinals have a number of needs they will try to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":871829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2078],"tags":[95878,375,390,2604,1327,7,6,95973,95974,95882,95890,95930,95896,95888,95906,98213,96008,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-871828","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-cardinals","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-arizona-cardinals","11":"tag-arizonacardinals","12":"tag-cardinals","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflcardinals","16":"tag-sstsncardinals","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","19":"tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagnfl","22":"tag-tagoverall-positive","23":"tag-tagpurdue-university","24":"tag-tagsmg-listicle","25":"tag-tagsports-news","26":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116448055464483330","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=871828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/871828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/871829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=871828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=871828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=871828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}