The Arizona Cardinals moved offensive tackle Jonah Williams from injured reserve to their 53-man active roster on Wednesday, making the former Alabama All-American eligible to play again for the NFL team.

But Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon didn’t guarantee that Williams would return to the starting lineup.

“We’ll kind of weigh all the variables and then decide what we think is best for the team for that game,” Gannon said, “so we’ll take it day-by-day.”

Williams sustained a knee injury in Arizona’s season-opening 34-28 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sept. 8. He missed nine games on injured reserve.

Williams returned to practice on Oct. 30, which opened a window of 21 days during which the Cardinals could restore the tackle to the active roster. Wednesday was the last day that Williams could be activated. If that had not happened, he would have spent the remainder of the season on injured reserve.

Kelvin Beachum, Arizona’s starter at right tackle from 2020 through 2022, returned to that role with Williams sidelined.

“He’s been fantastic,” Gannon said about Beachum, “and he’s played extremely well.”

The Cardinals signed Williams to a two-year, $30 million contract as an NFL free agent in March after he’d played every offensive snap of the 2023 season at right tackle for the Cincinnati Bengals.

Arizona had Paris Johnson, the sixth selection in the 2023 NFL Draft, at right tackle as a rookie but moved him to left tackle when they added Williams.

The Cardinals play the Seattle Seahawks at 3:25 p.m. CST Sunday at Lumen Field in Seattle.

After earning unanimous All-American recognition in his final season at Alabama, Williams joined the Cincinnati Bengals as the 11th selection in the 2019 NFL Draft. Williams started all 59 regular-season and five postseason games that he played with th Bengals. He was Cincinnati’s left tackle before switching to the right side in 2023.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.