2025 Arizona Cardinals training camp roster preview: OL Evan Brown

The Arizona Cardinals report to training camp on July 22 and begin the process of preparing for the regular season, forming the roster and determining starting jobs and roles on the team.

Leading up to the start of camp, we will take a look at every player on the offseason roster, their background, their contract, their play in 2024, questions they face and their roster outlook.

This focuses on offensive lineman Evan Brown.

Evan Brown background, 2024 season

Brown enters his second season with the Cardinals and eight season overall in the NFL. He entered the league in 2018 as a rookie free agent out of SMU with the New York Giants. He did not play all season.

From 2019-2020, he spent time with the Giants, Miami Dolphins, Cleveland Browns and Detroit Lions, appearing in 11 games, logging 81 snaps, all as a backup.

He became a starter with the Lions in 2021, starting 12 games at center and then another 12 in 2023 at right guard. In 2023, he signed with the Seattle Seahawks and started 16 games at center.

Last year, he signed a one-year deal with the Cardinals and moved to left guard, starting all 17 games and playing 98% of the team’s snaps, logging a total of 1,070.

He was very good and the Cardinals re-signed him this offseason.

Evan Brown 2025 contract details, cap hit

Brown signed a two-year deal to return to the Cardinals worth $11.5 million. He received a $3 million signing bonus and will make nearly $3.2 million in salary in 2025. Of that, $3 million is guaranteed. He received a $50,000 roster bonus and can make up to $255,000 in per-game roster bonuses. He counts $5 million against the cap.

Questions he faces, roster outlook

Brown is a lock to make the roster and is the unquestioned starting left guard. He was a pleasant surprise last season. The question is whether he can repeat that success and build upon it. He was the team’s most consistent lineman all season.

They need more of that consistency.

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