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In addition to meeting with Ohio State’s Sonny Styles<\/a> and Georgia’s CJ Allen<\/a>, the Denver Broncos<\/a> also met with at least nine other linebackers at the NFL combine last month.<\/p>\n Styles is expected to be off the board well before the Broncos<\/a> go on the clock at pick No. 30, a spot where Allen could land<\/a>. The list of LBs who met with Denver also includes second-round prospects Jake Golday and Jacob Rodriguez, as well as third-round candidate Josiah Trotter.<\/p>\n The Broncos<\/a> also met with mid-round prospects Harold Perkins and Bryce Boettcher, and late-round candidates Owen Heinicke, Jack Kelly, Scooby Williams and Wade Woodaz.<\/p>\n Broncos met LBs at NFL combineOhio State LB Sonny Styles<\/a>Georgia LB CJ Allen<\/a>Cincinnati LB Jake Golday<\/a>Texas Tech LB Jacob Rodriguez<\/a>Missouri LB Josiah Trotter<\/a>Oklahoma LB Harold Perkins<\/a>Oregon LB Bryce Boettcher<\/a>Oklahoma LB Owen Heinicke<\/a>BYU LB Jack Kelly<\/a>Texas A&M LB Scooby Williams<\/a>Clemson LB Wade Woodaz<\/a>Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n This year’s draft class is deep at linebacker, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see Denver begin planning ahead at the position. The 2026 NFL draft will be held in Pittsburgh from April 23-25.\u00a0After receiving two compensatory picks, Denver will\u00a0hold nine selections<\/a>\u00a0this spring.<\/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 Broncos free agency tracker: View the latest news and rumors<\/a> Broncos decline tenders for 3 players, allowing them to hit free agency<\/a> Broncos signing tight end to 3-year contract<\/a> Bronco fans not thrilled with Adam Trautman contract<\/a> Broncos restructuring lineman’s contract to create more salary cap space<\/a> 2026 NFL mock draft: Broncos address big position of need<\/a> Denver Broncos schedule: Full list of 2026 opponents<\/a> Broncos order of picks in 2026 NFL draft<\/a> All 32 starting NFL quarterbacks, ranked oldest to youngest<\/a> Meet the new Broncos ownership group<\/a> Peyton Manning’s new Denver sports team picks name, unveils amazing logo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"March 9, 2026, 5:30 a.m. MT In addition to meeting with Ohio State’s Sonny Styles and Georgia’s CJ…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":802422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,95882,95930,96027,95886,95893,95896,95888,95895,95899,96099,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-802421","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-denver-broncos","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-broncos","10":"tag-denver","11":"tag-denver-broncos","12":"tag-denverbroncos","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","16":"tag-sstsnbroncos","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","19":"tag-tagcollege-sports","20":"tag-tagdenver-broncos","21":"tag-tagfacebook","22":"tag-tagnational-sports","23":"tag-tagnfl","24":"tag-tagnfl-hub","25":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","26":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116199410114918091","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802421","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=802421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/802421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/802422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=802421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=802421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=802421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}