Cardinals backup cornerback fined by NFL for writing 'Glory Be 2 God' on his eyeblack

The NFL has informed Arizona Cardinals backup cornerback Kei'Trel Clark he is being fined in the amount of $6,651 for violating the league's rules about not wearing or displaying personal messages either in writing or via illustration on game day.

Clark inscribed the eyeblack strip he wore under his eyes with a personal message during Sunday's game between the Cardinals and the Los Angeles Chargers.

And the message Clark wrote? "Glory Be 2 God..." Clark also included a peace symbol between the "Be" and the "2." TEXANS' AZEEZ AL-SHAAIR FINED BY NFL FOR WEARING PRO-PALESTINIAN PERSONAL MESSAGE ON EYEBLACK The NFL sent Clark a letter via email this week informing him of the fine and giving him details about what brought it about.

The letter reads: "During the Arizona Cardinals-Los Angeles Rams game on September 13, 2026, you were in violation of the NFL Uniform and Equipment Rules.

"Specifically, you displayed a personal message on your eyeblack.

Rule 5, Section 4, Article 8, Item () of the 2026 Official Playing Rules of the National Football League states that, "throughout the period on game day that a player is visible to the stadium and television audience (including in pregame warm-ups, in the bench area, and during postgame interviews in the locker room or on the field), players are prohibited from wearing, displaying, or otherwise conveying personal messages either in writing or illustration, unless such message has been approved in advance by the League office." Clark's salary cap number this season is $1,197,150.

A CBA appendix states a player cannot be fined more than 10 percent of his per game salary-cap charge.

Clark, in his fourth NFL season, confirmed he was in receipt of the NFL letter on his Instagram account .

And although he seemingly questions the fine because he added a questioning emoji and an illustration of Spider-Man in the pose of the thinker, Clark is apparently at peace with it all.

"I got to report to God at the end of my days on the day of judgment!" he wrote.

"I'll always give God the Glory and out loud.

"All good." Clark is at least the second NFL player to be fined this week for violating the personal messages section of the uniform code.

Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was informed he will be fined $11,492 because he inscribed the name of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab on his eyeblack as tribute to her death in Gaza.

The NFL is fining Al-Shaair for what he has admitted to be messaging meant to bring awareness to and stop what he calls the genocide of Palestinians by Israel .