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15 Movie/TV football stars who could help the Denver Broncos

By Shelby Manning

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 24: Channing Tatum attends MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Aerosmith at West Hall at Los Angeles Convention Center on January 24, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 24: Channing Tatum attends MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Aerosmith at West Hall at Los Angeles Convention Center on January 24, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) /
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VENICE, ITALY – AUGUST 30: Anthony Mackie walks the red carpet ahead of the “Seberg” screening during the 76th Venice Film Festival at Sala Grande on August 30, 2019 in Venice, Italy. (Photo by Ernesto Ruscio/Getty Images) /

Nate Ruffin (We Are Marshall)

Played by Anthony Mackie

By: Shelby Manning

While Denver is pretty loaded for defensive backs, it is not even the talent of Nate Ruffin that could serve this Denver Broncos team so well — it is grit and determination, especially in the face of tremendous loss.

As most know, most of the Marshall University football team perished in a tragic plane accident coming home from a game in 1970. All 75 people on board were killed. Nate Ruffin, left back at campus because of injury, was one of the only surviving players of the team.

Not only did Ruffin (in the film) work to completely rebuild the program at Marshall, he was a vital leader to its now young core. This man’s resiliency would be a huge contribution to the Denver Broncos.

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