Denver Broncos

Every NFL player the encyclopedia attributes to the Denver Broncosfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth (complete 1999+, legend-era via validated Wikipedia/NFL.com grids).

Every position room Denver Broncos has passed down, steadiest first. The Specialists room is their most stable — 5 holders across 39 years, a new one every 7.8 on average.

1. Specialists5 holders · 4 handoffs · 1986–2024 · one every 7.8y
   Mike Horan1986–1992→Tom Rouen1993–2002→Jason Elam1993–2007→Brandon McManus2014–2022→Riley Dixon2016–2024
2. QB9 holders · 8 handoffs · 1983–2025 · one every 4.8y
   Gary Kubiak1983–1991→John Elway1983–1998→Brian Griese1998–2002→Jake Plummer2003–2006→Jay Cutler2006–2008→Kyle Orton2009–2011→Peyton Manning2012–2015→Russell Wilson2022–2023→Bo Nix2024–2025
3. TE9 holders · 8 handoffs · 1984–2021 · one every 4.2y
   Clarence Kay1984–1992→Orson Mobley1986–1990→Shannon Sharpe1990–2003→Byron Chamberlain1995–2000→Desmond Clark1999–2001→Tony Scheffler2006–2009→Daniel Graham2007–2010→Julius Thomas2011–2014→Noah Fant2019–2021
4. WR26 holders · 25 handoffs · 1983–2025 · one every 1.7y
   Clint Sampson1983–1986→Vance Johnson1985–1995→Mark Jackson1986–1992→Ricky Nattiel1987–1992→Mike Young1989–1992→Derek Russell1991–1994→Glyn Milburn1993–1995→Ed McCaffrey1995–2003→Ashley Lelie2002–2005→Javon Walker2006–2007→Brandon Marshall2006–2009→Brandon Stokley2007–2012→Eddie Royal2008–2011→Jabar Gaffney2009–2010→Brandon Lloyd2009–2011→Eric Decker2010–2013→Demaryius Thomas2010–2018→Wes Welker2013–2014→Emmanuel Sanders2014–2019→Ted Ginn2015→DaeSean Hamilton2018–2020→Tim Patrick2018–2021→Courtland Sutton2018–2025→Jerry Jeudy2020–2023→Marvin Mims Jr.2023–2025→Troy Franklin2024–2025
5. RB30 holders · 29 handoffs · 1981–2025 · one every 1.5y
   Rick Parros1981–1984→Gerald Willhite1982–1988→Sammy Winder1982–1990→Gene Lang1984–1987→Steve Sewell1985–1991→Mel Bratton1989–1990→Leonard Russell1994→Aaron Craver1995–1996→Terrell Davis1995–2001→Derek Loville1997–1999→Howard Griffith1997–2000→Olandis Gary1999–2002→Mike Anderson2000–2005→Clinton Portis2002–2003→Reuben Droughns2002–2004→Kyle Johnson2004–2006→Tatum Bell2004–2008→Correll Buckhalter2009–2010→Knowshon Moreno2009–2013→Lance Ball2010–2012→Willis McGahee2011–2012→Ronnie Hillman2012–2015→C.J. Anderson2013–2017→Devontae Booker2016–2019→Phillip Lindsay2018–2020→Royce Freeman2018–2020→Melvin Gordon2020–2022→Javonte Williams2021–2024→Jaleel McLaughlin2023–2025→RJ Harvey2025
6. DB30 holders · 29 handoffs · 1988–2025 · one every 1.3y
   Tyrone Braxton1988–1999→Charles Dimry1991–1993→Ray Crockett1994–2000→Darrien Gordon1997–1998→Deltha O'Neal2000–2003→Jimmy Spencer2000–2003→Kenoy Kennedy2000–2004→Denard Walker2001–2002→Kelly Herndon2002–2004→Nick Ferguson2003–2007→John Lynch2004–2007→Champ Bailey2004–2013→Darrent Williams2005–2006→Domonique Foxworth2005–2007→Dre' Bly2007–2008→Andre' Goodman2009–2011→Brian Dawkins2009–2011→Rahim Moore2011–2014→T.J. Ward2014–2016→Aqib Talib2014–2017→Bradley Roby2014–2018→Darian Stewart2015–2018→Will Parks2016–2020→Justin Simmons2016–2023→Kareem Jackson2019–2023→P.J. Locke2020–2025→Pat Surtain II2021–2025→Ja'Quan McMillian2022–2025→Tremon Smith2023–2024→Riley Moss2023–2025

+2 more rooms with a shorter average hold.

Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1981–2025 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.