Cardinals CB Antonio Hamilton To Miss Multiple Games After Brutal Cooking Accident At Home

A part-time starter in his first season with the Cardinals, Antonio Hamilton was on track to be a full-time player in Arizona’s secondary this season. Now, he’ll have to wait a few games before hitting the field in 2022.

The Cardinals placed the veteran cornerback on their reserve/non-football injury list Thursday because of a cooking accident at his home, according to Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo of NFL.com.

The #AZCardinals are placing CB Antonio Hamilton on reserve/non-football injury list following a cooking accident in his home, sources tell me and @MikeGarafolo. He's out four games.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 1, 2022

Arizona sports radio host John Gambadoro says Hamilton had to go to the hospital after burning himself in the kitchen.

“He was cooking in the kitchen and spilled hot oil on himself,” Gambadoro wrote. “Was severe enough (both feet and an arm) he had to go to the hospital.”

My understanding is that Antonio Hamilton burned himself. He was cooking in the kitchen and spilled hot oil on himself. Was severe enough (both feet and an arm) he had to go to the hospital.

— John Gambadoro (@Gambo987) September 1, 2022

Hamilton would later take to Twitter and post a picture of his injuries:

Had the greatest camp of my career & last Monday I had a accident that could've ended up deadly for me & my family but instead I got the short end of it by having my feet severely burned (2nd degree). It was literally a freak accident and God spared me to only have these injuries pic.twitter.com/8SXhJjzZbW

— Antonio Hamilton (@UnitedSt8Of_Ham) September 1, 2022

Kliff Kingsbury said Hamilton had the best camp of any Cards defender. This is just an unfortunate incident for him.

In 17 games (two starts) with Arizona last year, Hamilton registered 38 tackles, four passes defensed, and a fumble recovery.