Eight down, one to go.
The team signed second-rounder Eddie Royal to a contract this morning, leaving only first-rounder Ryan Clady left to sign before training camp begins tomorrow morning.
Royal has impressed his coaches and his quarterback during minicamp, working his way into the receiver rotation, but he should also make an immediate impact in the return game.
He left his mark on his alma mater of Virginia Tech by re-writing the record books. Over the course of his four years in Blacksburg, he became the Hokies all-time leader in all-purpose yards with 4,686, a total that includes an ACC-record 1,296 punt return yards along with 1,386 kickoff return yards.
He accounted for 17 total scores — catching 12, returning punts for three, rushing for one and even throwing one as well.
Discuss below…
–Adam Zinser, DenverBroncos.com
Tags: Eddie Royal, Rookies, Training Camp, Wide receivers
That’s good! Do we have the next Devin Hester??? Maybe…
Is the NFL gonna let him wear number 3? technically by the unifrom policy only kickers and quarterbacks can wear single digit numbers.
Royal has switched his number to 19.
We got one reciever but lost a legend today. Denver is going to miss rod smith on the field.
I think this guy will be the second coming of Eric Metcalf. If so, that’s good enough for me. Of course, we’ll miss Rod Smith and obviously he’s irreplacable but we can’t go wrong with a weapon like Eddie Royal!
I will miss number 80 on the field but today we gained yet another possible legend in royal. The guy was a monster at V-Tech. I don’t care if he can return kicks or not in a couple of years or maybe this one he is going to be one of the top receivers playing the game.