Outside Linebacker · Arizona Cardinals

BJ Ojulari

No. 9 · 4th season

Ojulari played eight games last season. He'll tell you himself he wasn't really back yet.

Coming back from a torn ACL is one thing. Feeling like yourself again is another thing entirely — and BJ Ojulari knows the difference.

Ojulari came into the league as a second-round pick in 2023, the kind of selection that comes with real expectations for a pass rusher. Then a torn ACL took away his entire second season before it started. He clawed back onto the field last year for eight games, which is its own kind of grit. But he's been honest about where he actually was: not fully recovered, playing through something that wasn't finished healing.

Now he's talking about double-digit sacks — the number that separates edge rushers who make teams nervous from ones who just fill a roster spot. For the Arizona Cardinals, that version of Ojulari would matter a lot.

What we're watching is whether a player and his body finally get to the same place at the same time. He's already done the hard part twice. The question is what happens when the work and the health actually line up.

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