Carson Beck ready to move past arm injury, focus on Cardinals - ESPN

TEMPE, Ariz. — On the eve of rookie minicamp, Arizona Cardinals third-round pick Carson Beck said Thursday that his right arm, which the quarterback injured in 2024, is the «strongest it's ever been.»

Beck said he feels like he's throwing the ball «really well recently,» almost 18 months after surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, which was torn off the bone on the final play of the first half of the 2024 SEC championship game. He avoided full-blown Tommy John surgery because the UCL did not tear in half.

Beck said his arm started to feel «great» toward the end of the 2025 season, which Beck played at the University of Miami after transferring from Georgia, and into the College Football Playoff. Beck led the Hurricanes to the CFP National Championship game, winning three contests along the way before falling to Indiana 27-21 in the title game.

«Again, my arm feels great,» Beck said. «It has for a while now, but I think really being able to hone in and have an offseason to train and focus on it compared to the year before where I have the surgery, I'm rehabbing, I'm trying to learn a new offense, you're really not able to focus on those kind of like small, minute details.

»I think that has really helped being able to have this offseason."

Beck spent this offseason heading into the draft working on the fluidity of his throwing motion and focusing on his mechanics, making sure they're «exactly 100% and exactly what I want them to be.»

In the immediate aftermath of his injury in December 2024, which caused him to miss the College Football Playoff that season, Beck said he constantly battled two competing mentalities: Would he ever get back to 100%, or was it just a matter of time to get there?

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