Arizona Cardinals sign OL Oday Aboushi, release Ifeadi Odenigbo
Oct 23, 2018, 1:37 PM | Updated: 4:52 pm
In this Thursday, July 24, 2014 file photo, New York Jets offensive tackle Oday Aboushi (75) walks to practice at Jets NFL football training camp in Cortland, N.Y. (AP Photo)
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The Arizona Cardinals announced Tuesday they have signed offensive lineman Oday Aboushi and released defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo.
They also signed Deatrick Nichols to the practice squad after the 5-foot-10 cornerback was released on Monday.
Aboushi, 27, has played in 34 NFL games, starting 26. He has spent time with the New York Jets, Houston Texans and Seattle Seahawks, and was a fifth-round pick in the 2013 draft from the University of Virginia. All eight of his appearances last year with Seattle were starts at right guard.
He became a free agent after spending time with Oakland and being released on Sept. 1.
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Odenigbo, 24, came to the Cardinals via waivers. The Northwestern alumnus was a seventh-round draft pick by the Minnesota Vikings in 2017 had never made an NFL appearance during the regular season before he got to Arizona. He played in one game for the Cardinals this season, recording one assisted tackle in the win over the 49ers.
