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Denver Broncos: Get to know the team’s 2020 UDFA class

By Sayre Bedinger

WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 02: Essang Bassey #21 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the first half during their game against the North Carolina State Wolfpack at BB&T Field on November 02, 2019 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images)
WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA - NOVEMBER 02: Essang Bassey #21 of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the first half during their game against the North Carolina State Wolfpack at BB&T Field on November 02, 2019 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images) /
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Riley Neal, Denver Broncos
COLUMBIA, SC – NOVEMBER 02: Quarterback Riley Neal #6 of the Vanderbilt Commodores during their game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Williams-Brice Stadium on November 2, 2019 in Columbia, South Carolina. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images) /

Riley Neal, quarterback, Vanderbilt

With Drew Lock, Jeff Driskel, and Brett Rypien clearly 1-2-3 on the quarterback pecking order for the Broncos, it made sense for the team to do what it pretty much always does: Bring in a fourth arm for the offseason and camp.

New offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur undoubtedly had some input in this pick of quarterbacks considering he’s the one designing the Broncos’ offense, and Riley Neal is coming off of a season playing for Derek Mason, Gary Gdowski, and the Vanderbilt Commodores after starting his college career at Ball State.

Pat Shurmur’s son Kyle played for Mason and Gdowski at Vanderbilt, so he undoubtedly has an ‘in’ with the coaching staff there and was able to get some intel on Neal.

Neal’s numbers from this past season or his college career, in general, aren’t going to blow anyone away. You have to turn on the tape and trust what the coaches are seeing, and what I see in limited game footage of the 6-foot-6, 225-pound signal-caller is someone with a live arm, solid athleticism, and perhaps some eventual QB3 upside.

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