Elvis Dumervil - Denver Broncos Player Bio

Posted Wed Jun 4th by Kyle

Elvis Dumervil

Name: Elvis Dumervil

Height, Weight: 5′11″, 260

Position: Defensive End

Age, Experience: 24, 3

College: Louisville

Elvis Dumervil is only small in height. His five foot eleven inch frame is loaded with 260 pounds of pure muscle - the guy’s a monster. In 2007, he was able to translate his fierce physical presence into 12.5 sacks and 56 tackles in 16 starts. Dumervil started at right defensive end all year last year, squaring up against left tackles, and still tallied the most sacks by a Bronco since Trevor Pryce’s 13 in 1999.

The Good: Getting after the quarterback is Dumervil’s specialty, and he does it well. What’s really impressive is that Dumervil is still so young, yet productive - tallying 21 sacks in his first two seasons, by far the most in the first two seasons of any Bronco in the last decade (Pryce had 10). He tied for the AFC lead in forced fumbles last season as well.

The Bad: His small frame makes him a liability against the run - the Broncos’ defense main weakness last season. The right side of the defense was picked on all year long.

Status: Incumbent starter. Signed through 2009. Dumervil started by default last year after Ebenezer Ekuban went down with his torn Achilles. Now Ekuban is back, along with 2007 first round choice Jarvis Moss, and Dumervil has no guarantees on his starting job. He’ll have to continue to work hard and improve his game in run defense to ensure he starts this year.

As always, we invite you, the readers, to partake. Are you happy with Elvis as a pass rush specialist, or do you want a more full-time player?