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Denver Broncos: Ranking every WR ever drafted in second round

By Travis Wakeman

ORCHARD PARK, NY - DECEMBER 24: Eddie Royal #19 of the Denver Broncos runs back a kickoff against the Buffalo Bills at Ralph Wilson Stadium on December 24, 2011 in Orchard Park, New York. Buffalo won 40-14. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)
ORCHARD PARK, NY - DECEMBER 24: Eddie Royal #19 of the Denver Broncos runs back a kickoff against the Buffalo Bills at Ralph Wilson Stadium on December 24, 2011 in Orchard Park, New York. Buffalo won 40-14. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images) /
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OAKLAND, CA – NOVEMBER 26: Cody Latimer #14 of the Denver Broncos makes a catch as TJ Carrie #38 of the Oakland Raiders defends during the fourth quarter of their NFL football game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on November 26, 2017, in Oakland, California. The Raiders defeated the Broncos 21-14. (Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, CA – NOVEMBER 26: Cody Latimer #14 of the Denver Broncos makes a catch as TJ Carrie #38 of the Oakland Raiders defends during the fourth quarter of their NFL football game at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on November 26, 2017, in Oakland, California. The Raiders defeated the Broncos 21-14. (Photo by Stephen Lam/Getty Images) /

Indiana. CodyLatimer. Pick Analysis. WR. 4. player. 813. Scouting Report

2014

In more recent years, Cody Latimer was a high draft pick of the Broncos that came in with so much promise.

Latimer had a big senior season at Indiana, putting him on the national map. Looking for another guy for Peyton Manning to throw the ball to and perhaps a guy who could eventually replace an aging Wes Welker.

Latimer never got off the starting blocks.

Fans should have as big a problem with this guy as anyone on this list as he wasn’t working with quarterbacks like Kyle Orton and Steve DeBerg, like some guys on this list, he had Manning to learn from.

He played in just eight games as a rookie, catching two passes. In four seasons with the team, he caught 35 passes and scored three touchdowns. That’s not exactly the kind of output you’re looking for out of a wide receiver and frankly, he was close to being edged out by the completely forgotten Watts on this list.

Latimer was a total bust for the Broncos. The team kept him throughout his entire rookie contract even though he probably should have been dumped after year two. He just wasn’t a good professional player.

Latimer is now on his third NFL team, looking to find a role with the Washington Redskins. Unless that goes a lot better than it did in Denver or the New York Giants where he went next, then his career will likely fizzle out soon and he will go down as a guy with immense potential that was never close to being fulfilled.

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