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Denver Broncos draft recap and thoughts after one week

By Sayre Bedinger

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 25: Noah Fant of Iowa reacts after being chosen #20 overall by the Denver Broncos during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - APRIL 25: Noah Fant of Iowa reacts after being chosen #20 overall by the Denver Broncos during the first round of the 2019 NFL Draft on April 25, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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Justin Hollins
SANTA CLARA, CA – DECEMBER 31: Justin Hollins #11 of the Oregon Ducks holds the defensive MVP Trophy after the Ducks defeated the Michigan State Spartans 7-6 in the Redbox Bowl at Levi’s Stadium on December 31, 2018 in Santa Clara, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images) /

5. Justin Hollins, LB, Oregon

When I heard about the Broncos’ visit with Justin Hollins in the pre-draft process, I started plugging him into just about every mock draft exercise I did on The Draft Network’s mock draft simulator.

Guilty for using that about a hundred times…

After the Broncos picked four guys they had in town on pre-draft visits with their top four picks, I wasn’t at all surprised to see Hollins come in with their fifth-round pick.

https://twitter.com/Broncos/status/1122215190530011137

Like this tweet from the Broncos says, Hollins was a beast this past season in terms of creating turnovers (five FF, one INT) and he gets to the quarterback.

With his size (6-foot-5, 248 pounds), wingspan (79.5 inches), and overall athleticism (4.50 in the 40-yard dash, 36-inch vertical, 7.06 three-cone) I think the Broncos got themselves a weapon they can use all over the defense as a backup.

Hollins can obviously play on the edge as a pass rusher, but he’s athletic enough and fluid enough in space to hang with tight ends in coverage. He also has the size to do that.

Maybe he can be the Broncos’ version of a Jamie Collins or Anthony Barr…

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