{"id":893653,"date":"2026-05-17T11:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/893653\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T11:18:16","slug":"dallen-bentley-took-a-similar-path-as-garett-bolles-to-the-broncos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/893653\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallen Bentley took a similar path as Garett Bolles to the Broncos"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denver Broncos<\/a> rookie tight end Dallen Bentley identifies a lot with All-Pro left tackle Garett Bolles<\/a>. Now, they are on the same team, at the same time.<\/p>\n

Bentley<\/a> and Bolles<\/a> both started playing collegiate football at Snow College in Utah, before transferring to the University of Utah. But their bond doesn’t end there. Bentley and Bolles both served two-year missions for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the state of Colorado; Bolles spent his time in Colorado Springs and the southern part of the state, while Bentley served in the heart of the state: Denver, Aurora and Parker, among other locations.<\/p>\n

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“Me and Bolles have the same pathway (in football,)” Bentley said after being drafted by the Broncos<\/a>. “We actually both served a mission here as well, so it\u2019s a full-circle [moment], which is pretty sweet. [At] Snow College, you just have to take every opportunity that you can to get better. It\u2019s something that I take a lot of pride in. Just come into work every single day and finding those little things that I can improve on and it\u2019ll pay off eventually.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bentley, a seventh-round draft pick<\/a> (256th overall) in the 2026 NFL draft, will have to earn his way onto the roster behind the likes of Evan Engram<\/a>, Lucas Krull<\/a>, Adam Trautman<\/a>, fifth-round pick Justin Joly, not to mention former Utah teammate Caleb Lohner<\/a>, who has made a massive impression<\/a> on head coach Sean Payton.<\/p>\n

Bentley recently completed rookie minicamp and he’ll now look forward to OTAs<\/a> in early June.<\/p>\n

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