Former Cardinals Qb Gets New Shot To Revive Career

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ARIZONA — Former Arizona Cardinals backmost Clayton Tune is heading to nan UFL.

Tune was drafted by nan recently founded Columbus Aviators for nan 2026 season, joining Jalen Morton and Jalan McClendon successful their backmost room.

The UFL precocious held its backmost draught and section subordinate allocation up of nan 2026 season, wherever Tune will make his outpouring shot debut.

Tune, a erstwhile fifth-round prime by nan Cardinals successful 2023, started 1 crippled successful his rookie play nan week earlier Kyler Murray returned from an ACL wounded successful a 27-0 nonaccomplishment to nan Cleveland Browns. He threw 2 interceptions, zero touchdowns and completed 11 of 20 attempts for 58 yards.

Tune served arsenic a backup successful 2024 while he was released up of last roster cuts aft 2025's training camp.

He signed pinch nan Green Bay Packers to their believe squad, wherever he served arsenic a backup to Jordan Love wherever he was needed towards nan extremity of nan season, filling successful and completing 7-of-15 passes for 42 yards and 1 interception crossed 2 games.

He was released by Green Bay connected Jan. 6.

Tune brought size and mobility to nan Cardinals' backmost room among confidence, wherever he told reporters soon aft being drafted that he was nan champion passer successful nan class.

“I deliberation I’m nan champion backmost successful this people and God’s sewage a scheme for me, truthful I wasn’t excessively stressed astir it. I didn’t person excessively galore expectations, but I’m conscionable happy to beryllium a portion of specified a awesome statement and beryllium capable to unrecorded retired my dream. I’m conscionable happy to spell successful location to activity and compete," said Tune.

"... If you look astatine my assemblage of work, nan effect that I person connected my squad that I play on, I elevate everyone astir me. I’m a earthy leader, group travel maine and spot nan activity that I’m putting successful and nan mindset that I have, and they want to travel suit. I person that nary flinch mentality erstwhile things get going tough. Those are immoderate of nan intangible’s things, and past being capable to make each propulsion connected nan field, being capable to make plays disconnected schedule and beryllium much mobile than group realize.”

Now, he'll get different opportunity to revive his profession pinch Columbus. The Aviators are 1 of 3 description teams successful nan UFL.