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Broncos complete practice squad: Here are the 17 players

The Broncos have completed their 17-player practice squad for the 2024 NFL season. Here’s the list of players.

After adding undrafted rookie linebacker Levelle Bailey on Friday, the Denver Broncos have now officially filled their 17-player practice squad ahead of the 2024 NFL season.

The league’s practice squad size limit is 16 players, but there’s an exception that allows an extra international player to be carried and not count against the limit. For the Broncos, Australian tight end Thomas Yassmin does not count against the 16-player limit, giving Denver a 17-player practice squad.

So here’s the full list of 17 players on the squad for the 2024 season.

Broncos 17-player practice squad

  1. RB Tyler Badie
  2. WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey
  3. WR Michael Bandy
  4. WR David Sills
  5. TE Donald Parham
  6. TE Thomas Yassmin
  7. FB Michael Burton
  8. OL Will Sherman
  9. OL Nick Garguilo
  10. OL Calvin Throckmorton
  11. DT Jordan Miller
  12. DL Matt Henningsen
  13. OLB Dondrea Tillman
  14. LB Levelle Bailey
  15. CB Reese Taylor
  16. DB Quinton Newsome
  17. DB Tanner McCalister

With the 53-man roster and practice squad set, attention now turns to Denver’s Week 1 showdown with the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, Sept. 8.

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Broncos select OL Nick Garguilo in 7th round of NFL draft

Nick Garguilo is an experienced and highly regarded offensive lineman.

The Denver Broncos used the 256th overall pick on center Nick Garguilo on Saturday. It was their final selection of the 2024 NFL draft.

Garguilo (6-5, 318 pounds) definitely brings tremendous size and strength from his time at Yale University and the University of South Carolina. At the NFL combine, he ran a 5.25-second 40-yard dash.

Garguilo was a five-year player at Yale and South Carolina. He started 36 of the 37 games he played in. He redshirted his freshman year (2018) and did not play during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic-impacted season. At Yale, he was the only team captain named in 2022 and started 10 games. His 2021 season was cut short by a broken leg.

In 2023, Garguilo was a graduate transfer player who went to the University of South Carolina, where he was also named a team captain. As a Gamecock, he started all 12 games, was named third-team All-SEC by the College Football Network, and was a co-winner of South Carolina’s Gamecock Toughness Award.

Denver was in need of a versatile offensive lineman, and they certainly got their man in Garguilo. He can play both center and guard.

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