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What to know about new Cardinals S K’Von Wallace

The Arizona Cardinals were awarded six players on waiver claims on Wednesday. One was safety K’Von Wallace, formerly of the Philadelphia Eagles.

What is there to know about Wallace?

Wallace was drafted in 2020 in the fourth round by the Eagles out of Clemson.

He is 5-foot-11 and 205 pounds.

He played 45 games over the last three seasons, starting seven times for Philly. He has a total of 64 tackles, one tackle for loss, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery.

He only has 550 total defensive snaps but has played a lot of special teams, logging 737 snaps in three seasons.

He played 323 special teams snaps for Philly last year, 71% of the total possible snaps. He had six special teams tackles last season in the regular season.

Cardinals head coach Jonathan Gannon was the Eagles’ defensive coordinator last season.

His role will be that of depth and of special teams for the Cardinals.

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