Cardinals sign RB Jermar Jefferson to active roster, Sincere McCormick to practice squad
The Cardinals signed running back Jermar Jefferson to the active roster and running back Sincere McCormick to the practice squad on Friday.
Jermar Jefferson #32 of the Tennessee Titans warms up prior to the NFL Preseason 2025 game between Tennessee Titans and Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on August 15, 2025 in Atlanta, United States. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
(Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images)
The Arizona Cardinals signed running back Jermar Jefferson to the active roster and running back Sincere McCormick to the practice squad on Friday.
Arizona ruled running back Emari Demercado out for Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Bam Knight, meanwhile, has been limited in practice this week with an ankle injury.
Fellow running back Trey Benson returned to practice this week after missing six games with a knee injury. Benson’s status for Sunday, however, is still to be determined. The room has been without Week 1 starter James Conner since Week 3, when he suffered a season-ending ankle injury.
Jefferson, 25, joined the Cardinals’ practice squad on Oct. 1 after he spent training camp with the Tennessee Titans.
The 5-foot-10 ball carrier has nine games of NFL experience after the Detroit Lions drafted him in the seventh round out of Oregon State in 2021.
He was a Doak Walker Award semifinalist in 2020 with the Beavers but has only received six regular season carries since his rookie year.
.@Munchie1_ finds the end zone from 16 yards out!
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— Tennessee Titans (@Titans) August 16, 2025
McCormick went undrafted out of UTEP in 2022 and made his NFL debut last season for the Las Vegas Raiders. In 39 carries, McCormick gained 183 yards (4.7 average) with 10 first downs.
He has spent most of this season with the San Francisco 49ers’ practice squad after getting cut by the Raiders following training camp.
The 5-foot-9 running back was named the Conference USA Offensive Player of the Year in 2021.
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Wait? I thought it was lil Kyler, Kyler Kyler???? Now they sign two dudes under 5'11'? Must be some secret scheme of Petzing, they are going to tunnel under the D line like dwarves, jump up and run to the end zone. I mean, come on, a street free agent, who was a 7th round pick, 4 years ago w/ 6 carries? Which Fed Ex truck drove up to the HQ and Monti said "hey, you got a body, wanna try RB?"
how many RB did we need? no one had a crystal ball saying our top 2 RB were going to get hurt for a significant amount of time, no team in the right mind would carry a 5th RB on the active roster. Who would they have gotten at that position specifically?
Don't forget the 16+ milly in open CAP space.