{"id":601622,"date":"2026-04-12T07:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/601622\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T07:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T07:33:08","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-arizona-cardinals-host-dt-chris-mcclellan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/601622\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL draft: Arizona Cardinals host DT Chris McClellan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The pre-draft visits continue for the Arizona Cardinals, and they get intel and get to know different prospects more. They are allowed up to 30 official prospect visits, which they use for a variety of reasons. Some are candidates for the first round and others are Day 2, Day 3 or potential rookie free agents.<\/p>\n<p>A potential Day 3 selection was in for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AryePulliNFL\/status\/2041667521741295929?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2041667521741295929%7Ctwgr%5E652ac55b48d569f68c3a4e7e71396fe2b3da5dcb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnfl%2Fcardinals%2Fonsi%2Fnews%2Farizona-cardinals-meeting-productive-nfl-draft-dt\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:an official visit this past week;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;an official visit this past week&quot;}\" class=\"link \">an official visit this past week<\/a>. They hosted Missouri defensive tackle Chris McClellan.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>McClellan is 6-4 and 313 pounds with long 34-inch arms and huge 11-inch hands. In 2025, he had 48 tackles, six sacks, eight tackles for loss and two tipped passes. He was a two-year starter for Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>He has size and length. While he is not an accomplished pass rusher, he coudl develop into a solid rotational player, something the Cardinals do need to develop.<\/p>\n<p>Get more <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cardinals;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cardinals&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Cardinals<\/a> and NFL coverage from <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/arizona-cardinals\/355\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cards;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Cards&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Cards<\/a> Wire&#8217;s Jess Root and others by listening to the latest on the Rise Up, See Red podcast. Subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/27gxR7Oml5yVPywhOG8KHR?si=cGJ0FN6aRBquiLus5nj7rw&amp;nd=1&amp;dlsi=05e790ef05a641b8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Spotify;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Spotify&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Spotify<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/music.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9sICHPD_aT9zxnG7dJj6izJWgMhLMh_U&amp;si=rpNldnLNN-_DdW8R\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:YouTube;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;YouTube&quot;}\" class=\"link \">YouTube<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-rise-up-see-red-podcast\/id670822447?mt=2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Apple podcasts;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Apple podcasts&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Apple podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Cards Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/cardswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/cardinals\/2026\/04\/11\/2026-nfl-draft-arizona-cardinals-host-dt-chris-mcclellan\/89576059007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:2026 NFL draft: Arizona Cardinals host DT Chris McClellan;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;2026 NFL draft&quot;}\" class=\"link \">2026 NFL draft: Arizona Cardinals host DT Chris McClellan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The pre-draft visits continue for the Arizona Cardinals, and they get intel and get to know different prospects&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[559],"tags":[1258,64,63,293228,593,293227,293229,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-601622","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-arizona-cardinals","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-chris-mcclellan","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-official-visit","14":"tag-rookie-free-agents","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}