April 6, 2026, 6:30 a.m. MT<\/p>\n
After acquiring wide receiver Jaylen Waddle in a trade<\/a> with the Miami Dolphins<\/a> last month, the\u00a0Denver Broncos<\/a>\u00a0now hold seven picks in the 2026 NFL draft.<\/p>\n The trade came at a high cost as Denver agreed to send picks in the first (No. 30), third (No. 94) and fourth (No. 130) rounds to Miami in exchange for Waddle and a fourth-round pick (No. 111). After that, the Broncos dropped from holding nine picks down to seven, and they will not make a pick in the first round (barring another trade).<\/p>\n Denver’s first pick is currently slated to be 62nd overall in the second round. The Broncos do not hold a third-round pick, but with a pair of fourth-round selections, that could make it easier to trade up. Here’s a look at the team’s complete order of picks ahead of the draft.<\/p>\n Broncos<\/a>\u00a02026 NFL draft picksNeed a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n The extra fourth-round pick was acquired from the New Orleans Saints<\/a> in exchange for wide receiver Devaughn Vele<\/a> last year. Denver also received a pair of seventh-round compensatory picks<\/a> after losing running back Javonte Williams and punter Riley Dixon during free agency last spring.<\/p>\n The Broncos lost their original sixth-round pick when the team acquired defensive lineman John Franklin-Myers\u00a0in a trade<\/a>\u00a0with the\u00a0New York Jets<\/a>\u00a0in 2024. After\u00a0letting JFM walk<\/a>\u00a0in free agency this year, Denver will likely receive a\u00a0fourth-round comp pick<\/a>\u00a0for next year’s draft.<\/p>\n The 2026 NFL draft will be held in Pittsburgh from April 23-25.<\/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":"April 6, 2026, 6:30 a.m. MT After acquiring wide receiver Jaylen Waddle in a trade with the Miami…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856894,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[95878,791,7,6,95879,95880,95882,96115,96671,104215,98541,95896,95888,95899,101556,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-856893","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-co","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-nfl","12":"tag-sstssportsnflbroncos","13":"tag-sstsnbroncos","14":"tag-tagamerican-football","15":"tag-tagdenver","16":"tag-tagjavonte-williams","17":"tag-tagjaylen-waddle","18":"tag-tagjohn-franklin-myers","19":"tag-tagnational-sports","20":"tag-tagnfl","21":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","22":"tag-tagriley-dixon","23":"tag-tagsports-news","24":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116357990455609597","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856893","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=856893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856893\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}