2022 NFL Draft: Reviewing the Broncos top-30 pre-draft visits

We’re simply days away from the beginning of the 2022 NFL Draft which implies the pre-draft course of is accomplished. A part of that course of is having a max of 30 prospects go to your facility and have a pre-draft go to with the workforce, coaches, and administration. These visits are known as the “High-30” visits and the prospects who the Broncos had in have been principally reported a technique or one other.

I’ve been retaining tabs on the reported visits and have 28 of the 30 reported top-30 visits. All the remainder of the prospects the Broncos have reportedly proven curiosity in are listed in my Broncos draft curiosity tracker.

Observe: This doesn’t rely Wyoming ILB Chad Muma who was technically a local visit, not a top-30 visit in response to 9New’s Denver’s Mike Klis

Broncos’ unofficial top-30 pre-draft visits

1. Tyler Smith, OT, Tulsa
2. Nick Grant, DB, Virginia
3. Isaih Pacheco, RB, Rutgers
4. Abraham Lucas, OT, Washington State
5. Cordale Flott, CB, LSU
6. Shermani Jones, RB, Coastal Carolina
7. Tyquan Thornton, WR, Baylor
8. Ja’Quan McMillan, DB, East Carolina
9. Cam Jurgens, OC, Nebraska
10. Matt Waletzko, OL, North Dakota
11. Braxton Jones, OL, Southern Utah
12. Dylan Parham, IOL, Memphis
13. Cole Unusual, IOL, Tennessee-Chattanooga
14. Jared Bernhardt, WR/KR/QB, Ferris State
15. Chigoziem Okonkwo, TE, Maryland
16. DeAngelo Malone, EDGE, Western Kentucky
17. James Prepare dinner, RB, Georgia
18. Tariq Carpenter, LB/S, Georgia Tech
19. DaRon Bland, CB, Fresno State
20. Thayer Munford, IOL, Ohio State
21. Nik Bonitto, EDGE, Oklahoma
22. Martin Emerson, CB, Mississippi State
23. Travis Jones, IDL, UCONN
24. Drake Jackson, EDGE, USC
25. Roger McCreary, CB, Auburn
26. Damarion Williams, CB, Houston
27. Zamir White, RB, Georgia
28. Smoke Monday, CB, Auburn

Based mostly on the place teams listed above, It’s clear that offensive sort out/offensive line, edge rusher, and defensive again(CB/S) are the positions the Broncos are targeted on heading into the draft. They spent a big period of time on these positional teams, so I count on them to pick these positions with a few of their top-100 choices.

Of the 28 prospect visits, I’ve rounded up, 9 of them have been defensive backs, 8 of them have been offensive linemen, and three of them have been edge rushers. The quantity of edge rushers is decrease, however, USC’s Drake Jackson and Oklahoma’s Nik Bonitto are two of the highest-rated prospects to go to Dove Valley. We additionally noticed 4 working backs in for a go to. So, search for the Broncos so as to add a possible “1B” to pair with working again Javonte Williams.

So, what can we collect from this? I count on them so as to add at the least one cornerback early if doable and possibly one other later as nicely. The depth behind Patrick Surtain II isn’t nice and you’ll by no means have sufficient corners, particularly within the AFC West. Additionally, the Broncos introduced in a bunch of the highest zone inside offensive lineman, so Lloyd Cushenberry’s job might not be protected(and probably Dalton Risner). I count on them so as to add a sort out, nevertheless it might not be as early as some hope. Including Billy Turner doesn’t make sort out a giant speedy want.

As for edge prospects, it could go both approach. I count on them to draft one, however when is the massive query. It’s a deep class in response to George Paton, so he could wait to pick one, however, two of the most important names who visited have been edge rushers, so he might even commerce up for one. Both approach, with the questions at edge rusher, search for at the least one to be added earlier than the ultimate decide is introduced.

Ultimately, I believe these visits give us a good suggestion of the kind of gamers and positions the Broncos are concentrating on throughout the 2022 NFL Draft. It doesn’t essentially imply they’ll draft one in every of, if any, of the prospects listed above, however we are able to draw some conclusions from this listing.