ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos opened Day 3 of the NFL draft with a transfer to pick out a teammate of quarterback Bo Nix, who was their first-round decide Thursday evening.
The Broncos, who traded 5 draft picks and three gamers to the Seattle Seahawks to amass quarterback Russell Wilson in 2022, dialed up the Seahawks once more Saturday morning. Denver moved up from No. 121 general to No. 102 — the second decide of Day 3 — to pick out Oregon huge receiver Troy Franklin.
The Broncos additionally despatched a fifth-round decide (No. 136 general) and a sixth-round decide (No. 207) to the Seahawks and acquired a seventh-round decide (No. 235) along with the decide they used for Franklin.
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With the commerce of Jerry Jeudy to the Cleveland Browns, Franklin’s velocity is required within the Broncos’ offense. Franklin was one of many quickest receivers on the scouting mix this yr with a 4.41 time within the 40-yard sprint, and the Broncos’ expectation is that he ought to shortly threaten defenses within the intermediate and deep components of the sphere.
A high quality route runner, Franklin was a favourite goal of Nix, with the wideout setting Oregon single-season data final season in receiving yards (1,383), receiving touchdowns (14) and 100-yard receiving video games (eight). Every of these totals have been greater than Franklin’s first two seasons mixed.
The Broncos made Nix the sixth quarterback off the board Thursday evening once they chosen him No. 12 general. Nix performed two seasons with Franklin and the Broncos received an up-close have a look at how they labored collectively when Franklin was one of many receivers for Nix at their personal pre-draft exercise for the quarterback.
Denver hasn’t formally stated Nix will compete for the beginning job as a rookie, however coach Sean Payton stated Thursday evening: “Now we have to maximise the [practice] reps that we have now and allow them to develop, and that stuff will kind itself out.”
Nix is a part of a quarterback room that features Zach Wilson, whom Denver acquired in a commerce this week, and Jarrett Stidham, who began the ultimate two video games of the 2023 season after Payton benched Russell Wilson.
