Updated Feb. 12, 2026, 10:15 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
Jalen Virgil has returned to the Buffalo Bills<\/a>.<\/p>\n Virgil (6-0, 210 pounds) signed with Buffalo on Tuesday. Because the Super Bowl has passed, Virgil signed a normal free agent contract, not a reserve\/future deal. He was eligible to sign now because he was not on an active roster at the end of the regular season, making him a street free agent. Players on active rosters with expiring contracts will not hit free agency until the new league year begins in March.<\/p>\n The 27-year-old receiver originally signed with the Denver Broncos<\/a> as an undrafted free agent out of Appalachian State in 2022. He totaled two receptions for 75 yards and a touchdown as a rookie before missing the 2023 season due to injury. After failing to make Denver’s active roster in 2024, Virgil\u00a0opted to join<\/a>\u00a0the\u00a0Bills<\/a>‘ practice squad instead of signing with the Broncos<\/a>‘ practice squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n After being cut by Buffalo with an injury designation in 2025, Virgil worked out for Denver<\/a> in November but was not signed. He then had a brief stint on the Arizona Cardinals<\/a>‘ practice squad before being cut.<\/p>\n Virgil was picked by the DC Defenders<\/a> in this year’s UFL draft, but he turned down the opportunity to play spring football, opting to return to the Bills to compete for a spot in 2026 instead.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n Social: Follow\u00a0Broncos Wire<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter\/X<\/a>!\u00a0Did you know:\u00a0These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Updated Feb. 12, 2026, 10:15 a.m. MT Jalen Virgil has returned to the Buffalo Bills. Virgil (6-0, 210…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":747604,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[95878,215,214,53,2086,791,7,6,95879,95880,95882,96221,95890,96033,96115,95886,95893,107340,95895,95899,95883,95894,104016,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-747603","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-bills","10":"tag-buffalo","11":"tag-buffalo-bills","12":"tag-buffalobills","13":"tag-co","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","17":"tag-sstsnbroncos","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagappalachian-state-university","20":"tag-tagarizona-cardinals","21":"tag-tagbuffalo-bills","22":"tag-tagdenver","23":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","24":"tag-tagfacebook","25":"tag-tagjalen-virgil","26":"tag-tagnfl-hub","27":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","28":"tag-tagsports-news","29":"tag-tagtwitter","30":"tag-tagufl","31":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116059114489771583","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747603","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=747603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/747603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/747604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=747603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=747603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=747603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}