Arizona Cardinals training camp awards presented by Doug and Wolf
Sep 2, 2015, 9:35 AM
The Arizona Cardinals’ 2015 training camp has come and gone.
From July 31, when the players reported, until Aug. 28, when camp ended, the players took the field for 19 practices — all of which were open to the public.
Plenty of good happened at the place head coach Bruce Arians dubbed “Camp Cupcake,” with some younger players stepping up and veterans reaffirming their place on the team. There was also some bad, though, with injuries taking their toll.
Doug and Wolf on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM decided to take a look back at camp and hand out some awards, which can be seen below:
Camp MVP
Academy’s pick: Carson Palmer
Ron Wolfley’s pick: Carson Palmer
Most Amazing Play
Academy’s pick: Calais Campbell blowing up Mike Iupati
Ron Wolfley’s pick: Tyrann Mathieu intercepting Chiefs QB Alex Smith
Best Sound
Academy’s pick: Bruce Arians naming Humphries “Knee-deep”
Ron Wolfley’s pick: Bruce Arians naming Humphries “Knee-deep”
Best Rookie
Academy’s pick: J.J. Nelson
Ron Wolfley’s pick: J.J. Nelson
Best Newcomer
Academy’s pick: Ifeanyi Momah
Ron Wolfley’s pick: J.J. Nelson
Rocky Award
Academy’s pick: Rodney Gunter
Ron Wolfley’s pick: John Brown
Biggest Story
Academy’s pick: Camp injuries
Ron Wolfley’s pick: Carson Palmer
Biggest Surprise
Academy’s pick: Ifeanyi Momah
Ron Wolfley’s pick: Xavier Williams
Blow-up Award
Academy’s pick: Ifeanyi Momah
Ron Wolfley’s pick: Ifeanyi Momah
Next Man Up Award
Academy’s pick: Rodney Gunter
Ron Wolfley’s pick: Rodney Gunter
Dave Pasch Factor Award (awarded by Dave Pasch)
Kevin Minter
Wolf’s Painted Face & Dark Heart Award (Camp MVP awarded by Ron Wolfley)
Tyrann Mathieu