Mile High Report
The Denver Broncos cornerback room needs to improve compared to 2024. After a year on the practice squad, Quinton Newsome may be ready to shine.
With one of the better scouting departments in the NFL, the Denver Broncos are pretty sharp at finding diamonds in the rough through undrafted college free agents.
Quinton Newsome signed with the Broncos in 2024, knowing this team gives young players a chance to make the team no matter if they were drafted or not. The Broncos kept him on the practice squad all season and this year is in my mind his big chance to stake a claim for a roster spot on this team.
Height: 6’1” | Weight: 185 pounds | Age: 23 years old
Experience: 1 year | College: Nebraska
The Broncos are going to have quite a competition at cornerback this season. Mainstays Damarri Mathis and Ja’Quan McMillian don’t seem like they necessarily have a solidified spot if any of the young guns like Newsome can wow the coaches in training camp.
Newsome makes the team if he can show Vance Joseph that he has a solid grasp of the playbook and the capability to be trusted in single coverage on the outside.
He came into the league with concerns about his ability to play the ball in coverage and a tendency to react instead of predict. The whole reason that the team had him on the practice squad was to give him work to round off these sharp corners of his play.
Newsome is honestly a long shot to make the team. The Broncos have added to the cornerback position in the draft, and the competition is thick. Even with the cornerback position being one of the weaker groups last season, Newsom has a hill to climb to make the roster.
He does have the eligibility to be a practice squad player again this season, which may be his more likely path to staying with the Broncos another year.
