Cardinals player victim of a very scary cooking injury...

This is not your typical story...

Indeed, Cardinals safety Antonio Hamilton will have to wait before he is able to get his season underway.

Hamilton was placed on the Cardinals' reserve/non-football injury list after an accident while cooking at his home, NFL Network Insiders Ian Rapoport and Mike Garafolo reported Thursday. Garafolo added that Hamilton badly burned his foot after spilling cooking oil.

Hamilton will miss at least the first four games of the season for the Cardinals before he's eligible to return.


The cornerback released a statement and photo via Twitter, stating he suffered second-degree burns following the "freak accident."

"It's disappointing for him," Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury said, via the PHNX Cardinals podcast's Bob Brack. "He had earned a starting role."

Here is what he Tweeted out following the injury: