{"id":234759,"date":"2025-07-25T10:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/234759\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T10:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T10:37:10","slug":"broncos-roster-wr-courtney-jackson-no-89-could-be-a-candidate-to-return-kicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/234759\/","title":{"rendered":"Broncos roster: WR Courtney Jackson (No. 89) could be a candidate to return kicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Broncos Wire<\/a>‘s 90-man offseason roster<\/a> series continues today with a look at rookie wide receiver Courtney Jackson, No. 89.<\/p>\n

Before the Broncos<\/a>: Jackson (5-11, 189 pounds) spent his final two college seasons at Arkansas State<\/a> after spending 2019-22 at Syracuse University. As a member of the Orange<\/a>, Jackson led the team in 2021 with 39 catches for 389 yards, earning an All-ACC mention from Pro Football Focus.<\/p>\n

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Jackson transferred to Arkansas State in 2023, where he was a receiver and a punt returner. In 2023, Jackson had a 60-yard punt return and posted a 100-plus-yard receiving game against Texas State. In his Red Wolves career, Jackson had 81 receptions for 1,183 yards and nine touchdowns. As a returner, Jackson had 31 opportunities to run the ball back, returning the rock for 438 yards and three touchdowns in two seasons.<\/p>\n

Broncos<\/a> tenure: Jackson was part of Denver’s initial wave of undrafted free agent signings<\/a> after the 2025 NFL draft in April. Jackson will make his Broncos debut during preseason in August.<\/p>\n

Chances to make the 53-man roster: Long shot. As two-time Pro Bowler Marvin Mims became more of a dynamic threat at wide receiver late in the 2024 season, the Broncos may be looking to have additional options at kick returner for the 2025 season. Therefore, although Jackson faces long odds to make the active roster, his return ability will help his odds. He might be stashed on the practice squad as a backup receiver\/returner.<\/p>\n

Related: These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Broncos Wire: Denver Broncos: Courtney Jackson could be a candidate to return kicks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Broncos Wire‘s 90-man offseason roster series continues today with a look at rookie wide receiver Courtney Jackson, No.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[6874,232,16490,231,258,2426,7,789,6,410,10891,1473],"class_list":{"0":"post-234759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-arkansas-state","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-courtney-jackson","11":"tag-denver","12":"tag-denver-broncos","13":"tag-denverbroncos","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-jackson","16":"tag-nfl","17":"tag-pro-football-focus","18":"tag-the-broncos","19":"tag-wide-receiver"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114913440253998755","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234759","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=234759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}