- Pat Tillman
Patrick Daniel Tillman (November 6 1976 - April 22 2004) was an American football player who left his professional sports career and enlisted in the United States Army in May 2002, along with his brother Kevin Tillman. Tillman was the first professional football player to be killed in combat since the death of Bob Kalsu of the Buffalo Bills, who died in the Vietnam War in 1970. Tillman was posthumously promoted from Specialist to Corporal.
- Troy Hambrick
Troy Hambrick (born November 6, 1976 in Lacoochee, Florida) is a running back in the National Football League who currently is a free agent. He played for the Cardinals in 2004, and played for the Dallas Cowboys from 2000 to 2003. In his career so far, he has amassed 2,179 yards rushing and 276 yards receiving in 61 games played. He has rushed for nine touchdowns and caught for one in his career.
- Matt Leinart
Matthew Stephen Leinart (born May 11, 1983 in Santa Ana, California) is an American football quarterback (QB) for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He played college football for the University of Southern California Trojans, leading them to an AP national championship in 2003, a BCS national championship in 2004, and an appearance in the 2005 BCS national championship game. Leinart earlier played QB at Mater Dei High School, Santa Ana.
- Larry Fitzgerald
Larry Darnell Fitzgerald, Jr. (born August 31, 1983 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American football wide receiver currently playing for the Arizona Cardinals. His younger brother, Marcus, currently plays wide receiver for Marshall University.
- Edgerrin James
Edgerrin Tyree James, nicknamed “The Edge” or just “Edge”, is an American football player who currently plays running back for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL.
- Anquan Boldin
Anquan Kenmile Boldin (born October 3, 1980 in Pahokee, Florida) is an American football player for the NFL Arizona Cardinals. In 2003, Boldin was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. He was drafted by the Cardinals in the 2003 NFL Draft out of Florida State University. He was drafted in the 2nd round because of his relatively slow combine speed: a 4.71 40 yard dash. He is the cousin of CFL All-Star defensive back Korey Banks
- Antrel Rolle
Antrel Rocelious Rolle (born December 16, 1982 in Homestead, Florida) is an American football cornerback, drafted eighth overall in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals out of the University of Miami.
- Karlos Dansby
Karlos Montez Dansby (born November 3, 1981 in Birmingham, Alabama) is an American football linebacker currently playing for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. He was drafted in the second round as the thirty-third overall pick of the 2004 NFL Draft out of Auburn University.
- Kurt Warner
Kurtis Eugene Warner (born June 22 1971, Burlington, Iowa) is a professional American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals. He is best known for his stint with the St. Louis Rams from 1998 to 2003, where he won two NFL MVP awards in 1999 and 2001, as well as the Super Bowl MVP award in Super Bowl XXXIV. Behind Steve Young and Peyton Manning, Warner is ranked third all-time in career passing rating (93.8).
- Emmitt Smith
Emmitt James Smith III (born May 15 1969 in Pensacola, Florida) is a former American football player, who played for the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. Smith is a three time Super Bowl champion and the NFL's all time rushing leader, a record formerly held by his childhood hero Walter Payton. Smith surpassed Payton on October 27, 2002 against the Seattle Seahawks at Texas Stadium. He is the only running back to ever have won a Super Bowl championship, …
- Luis Sharpe
Luis Ernesto Sharpe (born June 16, 1960 in Havana, Cuba) is a former professional American football tackle who played 13 seasons in the National Football League for the St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals from 1982 through 1994. A 3-time Pro Bowl selection, Sharpe was selected by the Cardinals in the 1st round (16th overall) of the 1982 NFL Draft. He also played for the Memphis Showboats of the USFL in 1985. His 23 yr.
- Levi Brown
Levi James Brown III (born March 16, 1984 in Jacksonville, North Carolina) is an American football left tackle for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL.
- Adrian Wilson
Adrian Wilson (born on October 12, 1979 in High Point, North Carolina) is a Strong Safety for the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals. He was selected by the Cardinals in the 3rd round of the 2001 NFL draft.
- Bryant Johnson
Bryant Johnson (born March 7, 1981 in Baltimore, Maryland) is a wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. He was the 17th pick of the first round in the 2003 NFL Draft by the Cardinals.
- Jake Plummer
Jason "Jake" Steven Plummer (born on December 19, 1974) is a retired American football quarterback who played for ten years, six with the Arizona Cardinals and four with the Denver Broncos. He formally announced his decision to retire following his trade to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2007. To date, however, he has not filed his retirement papers with the National Football League offices, meaning that his retirement is not yet official.
- Darnell Dockett
Darnell Maurice Dockett (born May 27, 1981 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American football defensive tackle who currently plays for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. Arizona picked him in the 3rd round of the 2004 NFL Draft.
- Bertrand Berry
Bertrand Demond Berry (born August 15, 1975 in Houston, Texas) is an American football defensive end who currently plays for the Arizona Cardinals.
- Neil Rackers
Neil W. Rackers (born August 16, 1976 in Florissant, Missouri) is a placekicker for the Arizona Cardinals. He was selected with the third pick of the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals out of the University of Illinois. He has had over 20 touchbacks in a season twice in his career. His streak of consecutive field goals without a miss ended at 31 on November 27, 2005 when he missed a 43-yard field goal against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
- Marcel Shipp
Marcel C. Shipp (born August 8, 1978 in Paterson, New Jersey) is an American football running back currently playing for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. He played his college ball at UMass.
- J. J. Arrington
Johnathan Jerone "J. J." Arrington (born January 23, 1983 in Nashville, North Carolina) is a National Football League running back for the Arizona Cardinals. He was selected in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft as the 44th overall pick. He played as the running back for University of California.
- Steve Breaston
Steven William Breaston (born August 20, 1983 in North Braddock, Pennsylvania) is an American football wide receiver, kick returner, and punt returner who plays for the Arizona Cardinals. He was drafted by Arizona in the fifth round of the 2007 NFL Draft.
- Eric Green
Eric Green (born March 16, 1982 in Pahokee, Florida) is currently a cornerback for the Arizona Cardinals in the National Football League. Green graduated from Virginia Tech and then was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the NFL Draft in the 3rd Round.
- Calvin Pace
Calvin Pace (born October 28,1980 in Detroit, MI) is a National Football League defensive end/outside linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals.
- Leonard Pope
Leonard Pope (born September 9, 1983 in Americus, Georgia) is a current American football tight end for the Arizona Cardinals. He was drafted in the third round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at the University of Georgia. Pope won two state championships during his time at Americus High School.
- Chike Okeafor
Chikezie Russell Okeafor (born March 27 1976 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a National Football League defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals. Okeafor played for West Lafayette High School, wining a state championship in 1994 under legendary coach Ernie Beck.
- Leonard Davis
Leonard Barnett Davis (born September 5 1978 in Wortham, Texas) is a National Football League offensive guard for the Dallas Cowboys. He was selected 2nd overall in the 2001 NFL Draft from the University of Texas. He stands at 6'6" and weighs 365 lbs. Davis was drafted to be a franchise left tackle for the Cardinals offensive line, but played guard his first three years in the NFL. In 2004, he was moved from guard to left tackle, where he played in 15 games.
- Thomas Jones
Thomas Quinn Jones (born August 19, 1978 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia) is an American football running back for the New York Jets. He is an alumnus of the University of Virginia, where he set numerous rushing records. The Arizona Cardinals drafted Jones as the seventh pick of the 2000 NFL Draft. After three years in Arizona, Jones spent a year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before signing a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bears as a free agent in 2004.
- David Boston
David Boston (born August 19, 1978) is an American Football wide receiver and is currently on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the National Football League (NFL). He graduated from Humble High School in Humble, Texas.
- Scott Player
Scott Darwin Player (born December 17, 1969 in St. Augustine, Florida) is a professional National Football League punter for the Arizona Cardinals. He has played eight years, all with the Cardinals. He attended Florida State University. He is currently the only player wearing a 1-bar facemask, which have been illegal in the NFL since 2004, except for players who wore them in years prior.
- Robert Griffith
Robert Otis Griffith (born November 30, 1970 in Lanham, Maryland) is a current american football strong safety who is a free agent. So far he played thirteen seasons in the league, mostly for the Minnesota Vikings from 1994 to 2001. He also played three seasons with the Cleveland Browns, and two seasons with the Arizona Cardinals
- Joe Nedney
Joseph Thomas Nedney (born March 22, 1973 in San Jose, California) is an American football placekicker for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers.
- Alan Branch
Alan Keith Branch (born December 29, 1984) is an American football defensive tackle for the Arizona Cardinals. He attended the University of Michigan.
- Gerald Hayes
Gerald Hayes is a linebacker currently playing for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. In 2005, he had to sit out his third season after he injured his knee in training camp. Other than that, he has played his entire career with Arizona. Hayes played his high school football at Passaic County Technical Institute. He attended college at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Gabe Watson
Gabriel Watson (born September 24, 1983) is an American football defensive tackle who currently plays for the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals. He was drafted in the fourth round, pick 107 of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football for the University of Michigan, where he earned All-Big Ten Conference first team honors in his final two seasons. He is expected to serve as the backup nose tackle to the newly acquired Kendrick Clancy in his rookie season.
- Michael Pittman
Michael Pittman (born August 14, 1975 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is a running back for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
- Terrelle Smith
Terrelle Vernon Smith (born March 12, 1978 in West Covina, CA) is an American football fullback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. At Arizona State, Smith served as a blocking back for J.R. Redmond after moving to fullback from the linebacker position. He had twenty-two carries for 129 yards (5.7 yards-per-carry average) with one touchdown, and added eleven receptions for 95 yards.
- Antonio Smith
Antonio Smith (born October 21, 1981) is an American football player who currently plays for the Arizona Cardinals.
- Al Johnson
Al Johnson (born January 27, 1979 in Brussels, Wisconsin) is an American football center for the Arizona Cardinals of the NFL. He was selected with the sixth pick of the second round of the 2003 NFL Draft out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He missed all of the 2003 season due to a knee injury, but came back to be a rare highlight of the Cowboys' 6-10 2004 season. In 2005 Johnson regressed, he was often over-powered at the line, …
- Josh McCown
Joshua Treadwell McCown (born July 4, 1979 in Jacksonville, Texas) is an American football player in the National Football League at the quarterback position for the Oakland Raiders. The Arizona Cardinals selected McCown with the 16th pick of the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft out of Sam Houston State University. He is the older brother of Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Luke McCown and younger brother of former Texas A&M quarterback Randy McCown.
- Aaron Francisco
Aaron Francisco (born July 3, 1983) is a safety for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals. He graduated from Brigham Young University with 330 tackles and a place on ESPN's top 100 players to watch list. In his pro career, he has had 56 tackles and two interceptions in 27 games.