Back to the Top News Newsfeed

Bruce Arians tells excited Robert Nkemdiche to stop 'killing people' in rookie camp

Robert Nkemdiche admitted to taking plays off in college. He doesn't want to be accused of not giving his all in the NFL.

After the Arizona Cardinals' first-round draft pick was a little too amped up this weekend during rookie minicamp, coach Bruce Arians had to tell the 6-3, 294-pound defensive lineman from Ole Miss to take it easy.

MORE: Best undrafted free agents from every NFL team

"He was killing people in walk-through," Arians told reporters Friday, via the Arizona Republic. "I had to slow him down. It’s a walk-through, and he bench-pressed a lineman already.