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Cardinals Sign Rival Running Back

The Arizona Cardinals are signing former Seattle Seahawks running back DeeJay Dallas.

ARIZONA -- The Arizona Cardinals are reportedly signing RB DeeJay Dallas to their roster, per Jordan Schultz. 

"Breaking: Free agent RB DeeJay Dallas plans to sign with the with the #AZCardinals, source tells @BleacherReport," wrote Schultz on Twitter/X.

"The former #Seahawks’ special teams ace is only 25 years old and now finds a new home in Arizona."

Dallas - 25 years young - entered the league as a fourth-round pick in 2020 and has played with the Seattle Seahawks his entire career. 

Dallas has missed just two games in the past three seasons for Seattle and has a career rushing average of 4.2 yards per carry. He's total four rushing touchdowns with one additional receiving score to his name.

Dallas only played 9% of offensive snaps for Seattle in 2023 but did play 62% of special teams plays for the Seahawks. He's never played less than 44% of special teams snaps since entering the league.

Arizona consistently had a top ten special teams squad in DVOA metrics in 2023. 

Dallas is the latest free agency add for Arizona after a busy day for the Cardinals on Monday, adding names such as Sean Murphy-Bunting, Bilal Nichols, Justin Jones and Mack Wilson. 

Dallas joins a Cardinals RB room with James Conner and Michael Carter at the top of the depth chart.