Wells agrees to Cards contract

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — A slimmed-down Beanie Wells arrived at the Arizona Cardinals training camp in the wee hours on Saturday and set his sights on winning the starting running back job by the time the season begins.

“I’m the type of guy that I like to get the ball and I like to get it often,” he said at a news conference. “I haven’t thought about sharing carries too much. I’m just going to get here and work hard and hopefully come out of camp that No. 1 guy.”

Wells had already been in camp for a few hours when the Cardinals announced that they had agreed to terms with the Ohio State back, their No. 1 draft pick and the 31st selection overall.

He took his physical on Friday and said he arrived at camp on Saturday at about 3 a.m.

Wells had been waiting in Phoenix for his agent Todd Frances to work out the details of the five-year contract. Financial terms weren’t disclosed.

Cardinals coaches wanted Wells to trim his weight, and he arrived in camp at 224 pounds, down from the 246 he weighed when he first arrived in Arizona shortly after the draft.

“That was the most I had ever been,” he said. “I blame it on the NFL for sending us around to all those different teams and they were feeding us like crazy.”

Wells said his playing weight at Ohio State was about 238.