{"id":206271,"date":"2025-07-14T11:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/206271\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T11:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T11:37:09","slug":"broncos-roster-ol-alex-palczewski-no-63-looks-to-get-on-the-starting-offensive-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/206271\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos roster: OL Alex Palczewski (No. 63) looks to get on the starting offensive line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Broncos Wire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Broncos Wire<\/a>&#8216;s 90-man <a href=\"https:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2025\/07\/07\/denver-broncos-roster-91-players-in-july\/84485779007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:offseason roster;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">offseason roster<\/a> series continues today with a look at third-year offensive lineman Alex Palczewski (pronounced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/friv\/pronunciation-guide.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pal-CHESS-key;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pal-CHESS-key<\/a>), No. 63.<\/p>\n<p>Before the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Broncos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Broncos<\/a>: Palczewski (6-6, 313 pounds) played college ball in the Big Ten with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/illinois-fighting-illini\/3432\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Illinois Fighting Illini;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Illinois Fighting Illini<\/a>. In six seasons (2017-22), Palczewski played in and started 65 college games, making 49 starts at tackle and 16 starts at guard during his career. In 2022, Palczewski earned third-team AP All-America honors as well as second-team All-Big Ten, by not allowing a sack all year.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Broncos tenure: &#8220;Palcho,&#8221; as he is known among teammates and fans, was signed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/denver-broncos\/332\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Denver Broncos;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Denver Broncos<\/a> as an <a href=\"https:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2023\/05\/12\/denver-broncos-2023-undrafted-free-agent-signings-meet-the-15-players\/74497935007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:undrafted free agent;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">undrafted free agent<\/a> following the 2023 NFL draft, having by far the most college experience of any man on the roster. In 2023, Palczewski spent 16 games on injured reserve, before being activated in Week 17. In 2024, Palcho played in 14 games, starting three, playing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/P\/PalcAl00.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:180 snaps;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">180 snaps<\/a> on offense and 67 snaps on special teams.<\/p>\n<p>Chances to make the 53-man roster: Likely. Palczewski played well in relief of right tackle Mike McGlinchey last season before later <a href=\"https:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2024\/10\/06\/broncos-news-ot-alex-palczewski-high-ankle-sprain\/75550340007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:suffering an injury;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">suffering an injury<\/a> of his own. Palczewski will likely remain the team&#8217;s top backup tackle in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2019\/08\/03\/denver-broncos-famous-fans-celebrities-include-paul-george-amy-adams\/79446413007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Broncos Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/broncoswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/broncos\/2025\/07\/14\/broncos-roster-63-alex-palczewski-career\/84541911007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Denver Broncos: Alex Palczewski looks to be on top offensive line;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Denver Broncos: Alex Palczewski looks to be on top offensive line<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broncos Wire&#8216;s 90-man offseason roster series continues today with a look at third-year offensive lineman Alex Palczewski (pronounced&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206272,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2062],"tags":[3890,232,231,258,2426,7,4728,3884,6,453,10526,43794],"class_list":{"0":"post-206271","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-alex-palczewski","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-denverbroncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-illinois-fighting-illini","15":"tag-mike-mcglinchey","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-offensive-lineman","18":"tag-palczewski","19":"tag-played-college-ball"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114851390953316820","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206271","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=206271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}