Cards QB Beck: Arm is 'strongest it's ever been'
Key takeaways
- TEMPE, Ariz. -- On the eve of rookie minicamp, Arizona Cardinals third-round pick Carson Beck said Thursday that his right arm, which the quarterback injured in 2024, is the "strongest it's ever been."
- He avoided full-blown Tommy John surgery because the UCL did not tear in half.
- Beck said his arm started to feel "great" toward the end of the 2025 season, which Beck played at the University of Miami after transferring from Georgia, and into the College Football Playoff.
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TEMPE, Ariz. -- On the eve of rookie minicamp, Arizona Cardinals third-round pick Carson Beck said Thursday that his right arm, which the quarterback injured in 2024, is the "strongest it's ever been."
Beck said he feels like he's throwing the ball "really well recently," almost 18 months after surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, which was torn off the bone on the final play of the first half of the 2024 SEC championship game. He avoided full-blown Tommy John surgery because the UCL did not tear in half.
Beck said his arm started to feel "great" toward the end of the 2025 season, which Beck played at the University of Miami after transferring from Georgia, and into the College Football Playoff. Beck led the Hurricanes to the CFP National Championship Game, winning three games along the way before falling to Indiana 27-21 in the title game.