3. Duke Ihenacho
EXPERIENCE: 4 years DRAFT: Undrafted out of San Jose St.
CAREER STARTS: 15 HONORS: None
’15 CAP HIT: $660 K PREDICTED ’16 CAP HIT: $.5-1 M
LAST YEAR: 3 total tackles
BEST YEAR: 89 total tackles; 9 passes defensed; 3 forced fumble; 2 fumble recovery (2013)
WHY THE BRONCOS COULD BE INTERESTED: Since starting in the Super Bowl for the Denver Broncos in 2013, Duke Ihenacho has accumulated a grand total of four tackles in the last two years. That’s odd …
I’ll admit, I really liked Ihenacho when he was in Denver. He was raw, yes, but he seemed to be a playmaker. But once the Broncos signed T.J. Ward, the writing was on the wall, and Ihenacho was cut before training camp ended. He would go on to spend most of the 2014 season on the Redskins’ practice squad, and just a few snaps into the 2015 season, he would break his wrist, resulting in season-ending surgery.
But why couldn’t he make a return to Denver? He started 17 total games for the Broncos during their first Super Bowl run. You can’t tell me he couldn’t be a great backup option. Plus, with the way these last two seasons have gone, he’ll be all but free.
