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Ex-Broncos wide receiver placed on UFL’s retired list

Trey Quinn, who went to training camp with the Broncos in 2022, has been placed on the UFL’s retired list.

A former Denver Broncos wide receiver appears to be hanging up his cleats.

The Michigan Panthers moved veteran receiver Trey Quinn to the United Football League’s retired list in late January, according to the UFL’s transaction wire.

Quinn (6-0, 200 pounds) entered the NFL as a seventh-round pick out of SMU with Washington in 2018. He later spent time in Jacksonville and Las Vegas before joining the Broncos in 2022.

Quinn went to training camp that summer but did not make Denver’s 53-man roster. He then signed a contract with Michigan’s USFL team ahead of the 2023 spring season. Quinn hauled in 37 receptions for 439 yards and four touchdowns that spring.

Quinn then spent a year with the Detroit Lions before returning to spring football ahead of the 2024 season. He totaled 27 receptions for 239 yards and one touchdown with Michigan last year.

The 29-year-old receiver is now retiring from the UFL, and presumably from pro football. Between the NFL, USFL and UFL, Quinn recorded 99 catches for 951 yards and seven touchdowns in 36 games.

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Broncos backup QB Ben DiNucci has a great idea for NFL and UFL

Could the NFL make the UFL a developmental league, allowing backups to play in the spring and return in summer? Ben DiNucci likes the idea.

Denver Broncos backup quarterback Ben DiNucci took to Twitter/X with a confession on Wednesday.

“Can’t lie,” the QB wrote on his social media page. “I miss the XFL.”

DiNucci, 27, played in the XFL for the Seattle Sea Dragons in 2023. After he led the league in passing yards (2,671) and ranked second in touchdown passes (20), DiNucci signed with the Broncos. He served as a reserve QB on Denver’s practice squad last year.

DiNucci will likely have a similar backup role in 2024. Meanwhile, the XFL and USFL have merged to join the UFL. Over the last three weeks, 23 former Broncos players have played in the UFL, and DiNucci seems to have a minor case of FOMO.

When asked by a fan if he would consider playing in the UFL again, DiNucci said if he knew his NFL career was over, he’d return to spring football. He’d already be playing in the spring league if he wasn’t employed by Denver.

“Trust me… if I didn’t have a job in the NFL I would be playing again,” DiNucci tweeted on Wednesday evening.

What if it was possible to do both?

Some fans suggested that the NFL adopt the UFL as a developmental league, allowing players to play spring football and then return to the NFL clubs for the start of the offseason program. DiNucci loves the idea.

That kind of format “benefits guys in my position big time,” DiNucci tweeted. “Reps are hardest thing to come by playing QB. Getting 12 games of tape last year was huge.”

DiNucci believes playing in both leagues is feasible.

NFL Europe did not last, but there have been talks in recent years of the NFL attempting to implement a developmental league again. If the UFL proves to be a sustainable league, perhaps the NFL will consider a partnership at some point in the future.

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