On Saturday, the Broncos added depth to their secondary — and perhaps their return game — by signing safety Jim Leonhard.
Leonhard, entering his eighth NFL season, has played in 94 career games, starting 60. He has 309 career tackles, 3.5 sacks, six interceptions, two forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and a defensive touchdown in his career.
He has also fielded 82 punts and returned 12 kickoffs in his career.
“We’ve signed free-agent safety Jim Leonhard,” Executive Vice President of Football Operations John Elway said via Twitter. “He’ll add experience and depth to our secondary.”
Leonhard spent his last three NFL seasons with the New York Jets. Prior to that he spent one year with the Baltimore Ravens and three with the Buffalo Bills.
The 5-foot-8, 188-pound safety discussed his signing on Twitter.
“It’s never a bad day to sign an NFL contract,” Leonhard tweeted. “I’m proud to be a Denver Bronco. Time for work.”
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YEA BABY!!!! THIS IS SOOO GREAT!!!!!
He will bring great knowledge to our defense when we play against the Patriots as he’s used to playing them twice a year!!!
SICK! Hard hitting safety, great addition to the team.
@Champ4Pres12 Jim isn’t a hard hitting safety. He just make plays and plays hard.
DB58…Leonhard is a hard hitting safety. He’s short but packs a great punch!!
We all know he can’t tackle Timmy Tebow
@skillz you are thinking of Revis not leonard!
no both lol!
Legit signing, needed a good safety since the retirement of Dawkins – pairing with Champ and Porter will be real nice for the “D” Nice job AGAIN Mr. Elway
hmmm… seems like we can add another injury prone has been to our list of FA signings… SPLUH, Not excited about this signing AT ALL…
Jim Leonard is far from accident prone Mr.Bronco_Turtle. I’m sure you know more than Elway who signed him. I’m not too excited about your POST AT ALL!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes!! Me and my buddy call this guy “ALL WORLD JIM” haha, He was a walk on at Wisconsin, then he was undrafted into the NFL, so again, a walk on. Then he played with the Ravens and the Jets… 2 Great D’s. I have wanted this guy on our team for so long. Welcome… ALL WORLD JIM. lol