Trey McBride and Andrew Wingard are now Cardinals teammates after being college rivals

After their college days of being border-war rivals, Arizona Cardinals tight end Trey McBride and safety Andrew “Dewey” Wingard are eager to leave their bad blood behind them and move forward as teammates.

With Wingard signing a one-year, $3 million deal with the Cardinals this offseason, he will now share the same side as McBride after going against him when McBride was a freshman at Colorado State and he was a senior at Wyoming.

“Most of the bad blood is gone, but we go back pretty far with CSU-Wyoming,” Wingard said.

 

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Wingard then recalled a memory he had of when he and McBride were rivals.

“It started when I was the absolute demon that I was at Wyoming and he spears me in the back when I’m lying on the ground after making a tackle,” Wingard said. “There was some bad blood there.”

During their lone matchup in college, Wingard and the Cowboys were victorious, winning the border-war 34-21. McBride, who was only a freshman at the time, was held without a catch.

“It was so long ago, I think it was 2018-2019 when that happened,” McBride said, talking about that incident. “I don’t know about the spear in the back. It was just playing through the whistle, but yes he’s held a grudge for a while.”

Since they’ve both been in the NFL they matched up only once, when the Jacksonville Jaguars played the Cardinals on Nov. 23, 2025. The Jaguars would come out on top despite McBride’s nine receptions for 79 yards. Wingard had 10 tackles in that game.

“We’ve always had great matchups. He’s a heck of a player from all the way back when he was at Wyoming. He was a stud there,” McBride said. “I was fortunate enough to play him when he was in Jacksonville, and he was a stud there. He’s had a great career.”

McBride would go on to say that he’s a fan of Wingard’s game, and how he’s always respected him from afar.

It appears as though Wingard has finally forgiven McBride as well, with both guys happy to be sharing the field in the desert.

“We made eye contact and the first thing he said was ‘we can be friends now,'” McBride said.

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