{"id":122051,"date":"2025-06-11T18:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/122051\/"},"modified":"2025-06-11T18:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:50:10","slug":"former-colorado-wr-gets-second-chance-in-nfl-with-denver-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/122051\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Colorado WR Gets Second Chance in NFL With Denver Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Colorado WR Gets Second Chance in NFL With Denver Broncos<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Will Sheppard was expected to make an impact for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. However, the start of his NFL career hit an unexpected snag after reportedly failing a physical<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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After being released by the team on May 9, he has been looking elsewhere for his next opportunity. It appears the former Colorado standout received a another shot with the Denver Broncos.<\/p>\n

Sheppard was in minicamp at Dove Valley on Tuesday. He played his final college season at Colorado after transferring from Vanderbilt. As a four-year starter for the Commodores and Buffaloes, he finished\u00a0with 200 receptions for 2,688 yards and 27 TDs.<\/p>\n

Sheppard played a big role for Deion Sanders and the Buffs last season. He was one of the top targets for Shedeur Sanders with 621 yards and six touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Related: LaVar Arrington Has Words for Cleveland Browns Regarding Shedeur<\/a><\/p>\n

“He\u2019s a big-time receiver, Coach Prime said about Sheppard at CU’s Pro Day. “A 50-50 ball, he\u2019s going to get that more times than not. And I just love his character and what he brings to the table, what he brings to the practice field, day in and day out. He\u2019s a tremendous asset.”<\/p>\n

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Related: Deion Sanders Cancels Speaking Engagement as Rumors Swirl<\/a><\/p>\n

Sheppard will attempt to make the 90-man roster going into preseason. He’ll try to find his way around Courtland Sutton, Devaughn Vele, Troy Franklin, Marvin Mims Jr., and others.<\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 11, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Colorado WR Gets Second Chance in NFL With Denver Broncos originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Will Sheppard…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":122052,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[564,1270,11,258,1271,7,7471,6,17,250,1275,6584],"class_list":{"0":"post-122051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-colorado","9":"tag-courtland-sutton","10":"tag-deion-sanders","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-devaughn-vele","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-marvin-mims-jr","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-shedeur-sanders","17":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","18":"tag-troy-franklin","19":"tag-will-sheppard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114666237030728740","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122051\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/122052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}