Broncos Insider Report: Unveiling Senior Bowl Standouts Poised to Transform Denver’s Game

Broncos Insider Report: Unveiling Senior Bowl Standouts Poised to Transform Denver’s Game

The greatest event in the league’s pre-draft process is the NFL Scouting Combine, which takes place later this month.

However, the three days of practice here before the Senior Bowl offer an unmatched condensed, nutrient-dense scouting environment.

over 120 participants. working through a variety of individual, skeleton, and team drills while wearing pads, as well as hitting and moving, though primarily without tackling.

This year, juniors were permitted to attend for the first time. Jim Nagy, the executive director of the Senior Bowl, invited many people as a result, and many gifted people responded.

“Most of the juniors we took — I think that number ended up being 16 or 17 — we see most of those guys as fourth-round or higher players, mostly Day 2 players and some Day 1 players,” Nagy mentioned on Tuesday.

Throughout the week, NFL executives and scouts expressed nothing but praise for the caliber and depth of talent on the field, especially in the secondary and on the offensive line.

Numerous players in this draft class, such as powerful lineman Taliese Fuaga (and possibly a few others like Tyler Guyton, Patrick Paul, and Jordan Morgan), cornerback Quinyon Mitchell, and quarterbacks Bo Nix and Michael Penix Jr., could wind up being considered by the Broncos at pick No. 12.

Keeping in mind the Broncos’ roster and positional needs, here are five more of my picks from the past week.

OL Jackson Powers-Johnson, Oregon

There might not have been a single Senior Bowl attendee unimpressed by JPJ’s efforts. He was dominant for two days before declaring his week to be over, and he is built like a fire hydrant. This season, Broncos general manager George Paton witnessed the Ducks play in person, and while Denver evaluates quarterbacks, they’ve also watched a lot of Powers-Johnson.

Furthermore, Powers-Johnson from the University of Oregon replaced Alex Forsyth at center, whom the Broncos selected in the seventh round of the previous draft. This guy won’t allow that to occur. At this point, it would be shocking if he made it to Denver’s second choice in the mid-1970s.

RB Ray Davis, Kentucky

Although Davis and USC’s MarShawn Lloyd had excellent weeks in Mobile, the 2024 draft class isn’t seen to be particularly strong at running back. Davis is a terrific ball-catcher and has big play potential. He recorded consecutive 1,000-yard seasons (2022 at Vanderbilt) and in his only season at UK (2023) he scored 21 touchdowns (seven receiving and 14 rushing).

Running back is usually a position where you can tell someone has talent when you see it, and Davis seems like he can play a variety of positions effectively at the next level. Davis (or Lloyd) is the kind of athlete who could handle every-down work or contribute more as a role player early on, and the Broncos have doubts at the position.

WR Ricky Pearsall, Florida

The 190-pound, 6-1 player just kind of does it all. Although he won’t likely be the biggest or the fastest, he routinely gets open, executes excellent routes, and separates at the top. Pearsall will be one of several excellent possibilities available on Day 2 or even early into Day 3 come April.

He has been productive in college, spending 2021 at Arizona State and the previous two at Florida. In their receiver room, the Broncos have a ton of questions, one of which is if Jerry Jeudy, Courtland Sutton, and Tim Patrick will return in 2024, in any capacity.

DL Michael Hall, Ohio State

Watching this group of defensive lineman go to work was interesting, and they caused a lot of trouble for a deep group of offensive linemen during the week in team settings. Despite not being the largest player in the group at 6-2 and 280, Hall has explosiveness and has shown to be a threat to the interior offensive linemen.

Fans of the Broncos will see similarities between him and another Buckeye, Dre’Mont Jones, who is similar in size and profile at this point. The second thing about Hall is that he played in rotations for Ohio State for three years and will only be twenty-one when training camp begins. This is in a draft that was full of older, more experienced guys.

Edge Laiatu Latu, UCLA

Right up there with the Senior Bowl’s most entertaining guys. Latu possesses an infinite repertoire of pass-rush maneuvers and an equally captivating demeanor. In addition, he has a remarkable injury history that includes his medical retirement from Washington due to a neck problem.

The last two seasons, he came back to play and was unstoppable. The Broncos have a good group of reliable outside linebackers, but at that position they lack a game-changing, all-pro prospect. If Latu’s health holds up, he could develop into that kind of player, but that would probably mean selecting him at No. 12.

To wrap up, here are a few more names of tiny players that made an impression: Louisville CB Jarvis Brownlee Jr., Tulane WR Jha’Quan Jackson, and Arizona WR Jacob Cowing (before to his injury on Thursday).

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