Perhaps Elie Bouka would have been drafted, even coming from the University of Calgary, had his left Achilles not snapped.
The cornerback with all the eye-popping physical gifts wasn’t taken. But that didn’t mean the Cardinals didn’t want him, and it showed when Bouka was talking with potential teams with which to sign following April’s draft.
“This is the team, when I came on a visit, they had a plan,” Bouka said after a recent rookie workout. “They had a plan for me. They embraced me and my injury, which is rare to see.”
The Cardinals went into the draft seeking cornerbacks.