Eagles trade Barkley to Cardinals, clear spot for Tebow

Published September 04, 2015

PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Eagles have traded quarterback Matt Barkley to the Arizona Cardinals, clearing a roster spot for Tim Tebow.

Arizona sent a conditional seventh-round draft pick to Philadelphia for Barkley. He'll provide depth behind Carson Palmer and Drew Stanton. Logan Thomas and rookie Phillip Sims were competing for the No. 3 job.

Tebow outplayed Barkley in the preseason and appears to have locked up the No. 3 job behind Sam Bradford and Mark Sanchez.

Tebow signed with the Eagles in March. He last played in the regular season in 2012 with the New York Jets.

Barkley was a fourth-round pick in 2013. He completed 30 of 50 passes for 300 yards and four interceptions in four games.

Barkley is the all-time leading passer in Pac-12 Conference and USC history. He had 12,327 passing yards and 116 touchdowns for the Trojans.

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