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Published on 04/28/2008 at Mon Apr 28 17:33.
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Broncos Land LB Woodyard, Release Seven Others

Posted Mon Apr 28th by

[Wesley Woodyard]

Linebacker Wesley Woodyard of Kentucky was the SEC’s leading tackler, playing both linebacker and safety for the UK Wildcats. Most people had him rated as a 3rd or 4th round pick, so finding him on the market the day after the draft was extremely surprising. After talking with different teams over Sunday evening, he agreed to sign with Denver and marks the seventh undrafted rookie the Broncos will bring in.

With the addition of these seven undrafted players, the Broncos had to make room to fit under their 80-man roster. Seven players were let go.

The players released were DT Michael Bozeman, S Steve Cargile, OL Mark Fenton, FB Steven Jackson, LB William Kershaw, FB Paul Smith, and RB Marquis Weeks.

Smith is the most surprising – he didn’t have the big impact on special teams the Broncos were hoping he would, but that was largely due to him being consistently double teamed. Other surprises are Cargile and Fenton. Cargile saw game time in 2007 and I had heard from various sources that the Broncos were high on Fenton.

  • http://www.broncotalk.net Jonathan Douglas

    Kyle, I agree with you on the surprises. Smith was supposed to really help us out on ST and I just never heard or saw anything that impressive from him. I would think this helps out Hillis’ stock, as he has less competition at FB and ST.

    I had also read a couple of positive things from the team last year on Fenton and Cargile, but I guess Shanahan is more excited by his picks this off-season than guys from 2007.

    It seems like the motto is definitely ‘out with the old and in with the new’…