Since the NFL combine, the Broncos<\/a> have been heavily linked to Vanderbilt tight end Eli Stowers. Stowers (6-4, 239 pounds) is a former quarterback who converted to tight-end, one of those do-it-all weapons Denver head coach Sean Payton loves (see New Orleans Saints Swiss Army knife Taysom Hill).<\/p>\n Early on in the NFL combine process, Stowers visited with the Broncos brass<\/a>, and he said during an interview on the Rich Eisen Show that he has a pre-draft visit scheduled at Dove Valley. Stowers could be an interesting addition to a roster full of versatile players such as Marvin Mims and Jaylen Waddle.<\/p>\n Stowers was the 2025 winner of the John Mackey award<\/a> (given to the nation’s most outstanding tight end) after posting a 62-catch, 762-yard, four-touchdown<\/a> campaign in his final season with the Commodores.<\/p>\n Stowers is currently listed as the fourth-best tight end in the 2026 draft pool, according to Draft Wire’s Curt Popejoy<\/a>. You can check out Stower’s full interview with Rich Eisen below.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a> Stowers has a decent chance of being off the board by the time Denver makes their first selection<\/a> at 62nd overall, but then again, stranger things have happened.<\/p>\n The NFL draft will take place from April 23-25 in Pittsburgh.<\/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":"March 28, 2026, 7:30 a.m. MT With very few holes in an already strong roster, the Denver Broncos…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":840729,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2062],"tags":[95878,232,231,258,2426,7,6,95879,95880,95882,100071,104215,97109,95896,95888,95899,95906,96099,95883,102107,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-840728","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-tagfrank-crum","19":"tag-tagjaylen-waddle","20":"tag-tagmarvin-mims-jr","21":"tag-tagnational-sports","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","24":"tag-tagoverall-positive","25":"tag-tagsec-conference-football","26":"tag-tagsports-news","27":"tag-tagtaysom-hill","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116312207307939658","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840728","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=840728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/840728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/840729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=840728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=840728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=840728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/0gbmAfhM4hA\/maxresdefault.jpg\")