Tag: Orson Charles

Podcast: Former Georgia TE Orson Charles talks Dawgs ahead of UGA vs Ball State

Former All-SEC Georgia TE Orson Charles joins us! Watch, listen here:

Host J.C. Shelton is joined by former Georgia football tight end Orson Charles!

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Charles was an All-SEC selection in 2011 and went on to play seven years in the NFL.

Charles joins J.C. ahead of Georgia’s Week 2 matchup against Ball State to talk about how the tight end position has changed, Brock Bowers and the time he broke Florida’s national championship trophy.

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Rahim Moore among 6 ex-Broncos cut by XFL teams

Rahim Moore was among six former Broncos players who were cut by XFL teams earlier this week.

Rahim Moore was among six former Denver Broncos players who were cut when XFL teams trimmed their rosters from 71 players down to 52 players earlier this week. The safety failed to make Washington, D.C.’s final roster.

In addition to Moore, defensive lineman Sealver Siliga (Dallas), offensive tackle Cyrus Kouandjio (Seattle), tight end Orson Charles (Dallas), wide receiver Steven Dunbar (Dallas) and cornerback Lorenzo Doss (New York) were also cut by their XFL teams.

Former Denver wide receiver Jordan Leslie, linebacker Josh Banderas, wide receiver John Diarse and wide receiver Durron Neal were part of the XFL draft pool but went unselected in October.

Ex-Broncos cornerback Brendan Langley was drafted by the XFL’s Houston-based team but he left the league to sign with the Seahawks’ practice squad during the NFL playoffs. After Seattle’s season ended, Langley’s contract expired and he was not re-signed.

Wide receiver/returner Kelvin McKnight was selected by Dallas in the XFL draft but left the league in December to sign a reserve/future contract with the Broncos. He spent part of last season on Denver’s practice squad.

Punter Shane Tripucka, the grandson of Broncos Ring of Fame quarterback Frank Tripucka, was part of the XFL draft pool but went unselected. He worked out for the Broncos in December but was not among the players Denver signed to reserve/future contracts.

Wide receiver Max McCaffrey, the son of former Broncos wide receiver Ed McCaffrey, was selected by D.C. in the XFL draft but he left the team earlier this month to join his father’s coaching staff at Northern Colorado. The younger McCaffrey will coach UNC’s wide receivers this fall.

The XFL will kick off on Saturday, Feb. 8 when D.C. hosts Seattle at 12 p.m. MT on ABC. That game will be followed by L.A. at Houston on Fox.

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Broncos make 2 roster moves

The Broncos have promoted a linebacker to the 53-man roster and cut a tight end.

The Broncos won’t activate quarterback Drew Lock from injured reserve to the 53-man roster this week. Brandon Allen will start his third-straight game and Brett Rypien will serve as the backup once again.

Denver did make two roster moves unrelated to Lock.

The Broncos promoted undrafted rookie linebacker Ahmad Gooden from the 10-man practice squad to the active roster. To make room for Gooden, the team cut tight end/fullback Orson Charles.

Gooden (6-2, 245 pounds) signed with the team as a college free agent out of Samford University following April’s NFL draft. He totaled 273 tackles and 22 sacks during his 46 games with the Bulldogs. Gooden wears jersey No. 94.

Charles (6-3, 257 pounds) signed with Denver on Tuesday after the team placed fullback Andy Janovich on injured reserve. Andrew Beck is expected to fill in at fullback so Charles getting a cut presumably means tight end Jeff Heuerman will be healthy enough to play this week.

The Broncos’ only other tight ends are Noah Fant and Troy Fumagalli.

Denver’s front office told Charles to “stay in town,” according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. That might be a sign that Charles will be brought back.

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Broncos make 2 roster moves

To fill Andy Janovich’s spot on the 53-man roster, the Broncos are bringing back tight end/fullback Orson Charles.

The Denver Broncos plan to place fullback Andy Janovich (elbow) on injured reserve, ending his season. To fill Janovich’s spot on the 53-man roster, Denver plans to bring back a familiar face.

The Broncos will sign tight end/fullback Orson Charles, according to The Denver Post’s Ryan O’Halloran. Charles (6-3, 257 pounds) had a brief stint in Denver this summer but failed to make the team’s 53-man roster.

The 28-year-old Charles entered the league as a fourth-round pick out of Georgia with the Cincinnati Bengals in 2012. He went on to spend time with the New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions, Kansas City Chiefs and Cleveland Browns from 2012-2018.

Charles has caught 14 passes for 185 yards in his career. He is a similar player to Andrew Beck, who filled in for an injured Janovich at the beginning of the season. It remains to be seen which one of Charles or Beck will serve as the team’s fullback in the next six games. One of them will likely be used primarily as a tight end.

Charles was selected by the DC Defenders in the sixth round of the XFL draft for the 2020 season. If Charles is not re-signed by the Broncos at the end of the year, the Defenders will likely still own his XFL rights.

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