Cards' Murphy-Bunting on NFI list, out for 2025

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Arizona Cardinals cornerback Sean Murphy-Bunting was placed connected the non-football wounded database Thursday and volition miss the 2025 season.

The determination to enactment Murphy-Bunting connected the reserve list, wherever helium volition not number against the 90-man roster, was released connected the NFL's regular transactions report. The Cardinals had not made immoderate announcement astir the move, and determination was nary contiguous connection connected what the wounded is.

Non-football injuries are injuries that hap distant from an NFL facility, including moving retired to get acceptable for the season. An NFI designation tin pb to players forfeiting their salaries.

Murphy-Bunting was expected to beryllium guaranteed a $7.7 cardinal basal wage this play arsenic portion of the three-year, $22.5 cardinal woody helium signed past offseason, but that is present successful jeopardy.

Murphy-Bunting started 15 games successful his archetypal play successful Arizona and had 3 interceptions and 5 passes defensed. He was successful the premix to beryllium a starter again successful 2025.

A root told ESPN's Josh Weinfuss that the Cardinals knew astir Murphy-Bunting's wounded earlier past month's NFL draft, wherever the squad selected 2 cornerbacks, including Will Johnson successful the 2nd round, and a safety. Max Melton, a 2024 second-rounder, is besides successful the premix astatine extracurricular cornerback.

Murphy-Bunting, 27, was primitively drafted by Tampa Bay successful the 2nd circular successful 2019 and helped the Buccaneers triumph the Super Bowl successful his 2nd play erstwhile helium had 3 interceptions successful 4 playoff games.

He spent the 2023 play with Tennessee earlier joining Arizona.

Murphy-Bunting has 11 interceptions and 34 passes defensed successful 82 regular-season games with 3 much interceptions and a fumble betterment successful six playoff games.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.