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joshuamccool'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 16, 2026

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  • joshuamccool DRAFTING FOR THE
    Broncos
Draft Selections
Elijah Sarratt Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DEN)
Elijah Sarratt
WR Indiana
Sam Roush Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (DEN)
Sam Roush
TE Stanford
Kaleb Proctor Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (DEN)
Kaleb Proctor
DL SE Louisiana
David Gusta Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DEN)
David Gusta
DT Kentucky
Dane Key Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (DEN)
Dane Key
WR Nebraska
Jack Kelly Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (DEN)
Jack Kelly
LB BYU
Thaddeus Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 257 RND: 7 (DEN)
Thaddeus Dixon
CB North Carolina
Draft Grade — Broncos
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Broncos.

When the story of this class is written, it opens with David Gusta at pick No. 170, a reach of 42 spots that the board flatly disagrees with.

Dixon falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. For all the activity, edge rusher went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick62 Rnd2 Elijah Sarratt
Elijah Sarratt at No. 62 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick108 Rnd4 Sam Roush
Sam Roush at pick No. 108 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick111 Rnd4 Kaleb Proctor
Kaleb Proctor in Round 4, Pick 11 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick170 Rnd5 David Gusta
David Gusta in the 170th overall pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick246 Rnd7 Dane Key
Dane Key at pick 246 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The roster fit checks out.
Pick256 Rnd7 Jack Kelly
The board had cheaper options than Jack Kelly at the 256th pick, and it noticed. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick257 Rnd7 Thaddeus Dixon
Thaddeus Dixon at pick 257 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.