One Denver Broncos UDFA you should be hearing more about

One Denver Broncos undrafted free agent you should be hearing more about is wide receiver Kaden Davis, a small-school prospect with big-time skills.

It’s going to be fascinating, over the course of the next handful of months, to see what kind of impact the young players on this Denver Broncos roster can make.

Undrafted free agents are part of this team’s rich history in a big way, but it feels like it’s going to be as tough as it ever has been in 2022 for an undrafted player to crack the roster.

But that door is open.

One position group that is going to be particularly difficult to earn a 53-man roster spot is at the wide receiver position.

Wide receivers coach Zach Azzanni has no shortage of tremendous talent to work with and players are going to have to take advantage of every single rep they get.

Could an undrafted player at receiver make the roster in 2022? Small-school product Kaden Davis might have a chance.

Kaden Davis is a Denver Broncos UDFA to be keeping tabs on

Northwest Missouri State didn’t have its own pro day — Kaden Davis actually participated at the Missouri Tigers’ pro day during the pre-draft process.

He obviously made an impression on the Denver Broncos with his ability to track the deep ball, return kicks and punts, and potentially play the slot at the NFL level.

Davis needs to add some bulk to his frame — he is in the below-average range in terms of his overall size — but the ability is all there for him to develop into something.

Considering size, speed, explosiveness, and overall usage at the collegiate level, it wouldn’t be surprising in the least to see Davis take a similar career path to that of Trinity Benson, who was traded by the Denver Broncos this past offseason to the Detroit Lions after having a huge training camp and preseason.

Not that Davis’ career path is to ultimately be traded, but perhaps he will be the type of player that impresses the Broncos on the practice field day in and day out enough to the point that he earns a spot on the practice squad where he can develop for a year or two.

One area where he has a real shot to make an impression early on?

The return game.

This was a clear area of strength for Davis at the collegiate level and although the Broncos used a fifth-round pick in this year’s draft on Montrell Washington, there will be competition for those spots.

This guy is explosive out of the gates with a blazing 1.52 10-yard split. He has outstanding short-area quickness and vision in the open field to make plays.

Transitioning to the NFL level, the speed of the game is obviously going to be vastly different, but making plays in the return game is so much about instincts and utilizing those instincts plus speed.

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Davis has the ability to do that, and it wouldn’t be surprising to see his name popping up more and more as opportunities to make plays in practice increase.