The Arizona Cardinals currently have Hjelte Froholdt as the likely starting center for 2023, a player with only four career NFL starts at center. While they likely will add a veteran center, they do have their eyes on at least one center prospect.
According to Pro Football Network’s Tony Pauline, the Cardinals are one team that appears to have high interest in Ohio State center prospect Luke Wypler.
Pauline “was told outright at the end of the pro day that the Cardinals will draft Wypler.”
That doesn’t mean anything right now other than there is perhaps interest.
Arizona would have drafted Tyler Linderbaum had they not traded away their first-round pick to the Baltimore Ravens. They wanted Cam Jurgens in the second round but he was selected by the Eagles four picks before Arizona could.
Wypler is considered a Day 2 prospect. Would he last until the third round or would the Cardinals have to take him No. 34 overall?
A lot goes into that if they are truly making him a target.
Beyond the statement that Pauline heard the Cardinals will most certainly draft him — there is no way to say for certain that can happen — it is safe to say that Wypler is at least a player they should or do have interest in.
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