Before making any potential trades, the Denver Broncos have five picks to use in the 2023 NFL draft this week.
The Broncos do not own first- or second-round selections following the Russell Wilson trade last year, so the team’s first selection in the draft is set to be 67th overall in the third round.
Denver has picked at that spot four times in the past, most recently selecting late running back Ronnie Hillman out of San Diego State in 2012. Hillman went on to total 2,276 yards from scrimmage and score 13 touchdowns in four years (48 games) with the Broncos.
Hillman, who won Super Bowl 50 with Denver following the 2015 season, spent time with the Minnesota Vikings, San Diego Chargers and Dallas Cowboys in the final years of his career before retiring in 2017. He died last December of renal medullary carcinoma, a rare kidney cancer.
Broncos coach Sean Payton has also picked at No. 67 overall in the past, using that selection to pick Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara in 2017. Here’s a look back at the last 10 players picked at that spot in the draft.
DT Bennie Logan (2013)
OT Billy Turner (2014)
OL A.J. Cann (2015)
DT Maliek Collins (2016)
RB Alvin Kamara (2017)
DE Chad Thomas (2018)
WR Jalen Hurd (2019)
DE Julian Okwara (2020)
QB Davis Mills (2021)
OL Joshua Ezeudu (2022)
