Photos: The Broncos' best third-round draft picks
Look back through some of the best third-round draft picks in Broncos history, as the franchise has found some of its best players in that range.
Career stats with Denver: 108 games, 107 starts
Drafted: 1969 NFL Draft - third round, 61st overall
Years with Broncos: 1969-81
Broncos career stats: 179 games, 40 interceptions, three interceptions returned for touchdowns, 21 fumble recoveries, four fumble recoveries returned for touchdowns, 4.0 sacks
Ring of Fame induction: 1987
All-Pros: 1977
Pro Bowls/AFL All-Star Games: 1977-78, 1981
Career stats (all with Denver): 187 games, 147 starts
Career stats (all with Denver): 125 games, 123 starts
Years with Broncos: 1991-92, 1997-2000
Experience with Denver: 94 games, 66 starts
Broncos stats (per Pro Football Reference): 206 total tackles, 7.5 sacks, two fumble recoveries, four forced fumbles, six passes defensed, one interception, one touchdown
Accolades: Three-time Super Bowl champion, including Broncos' wins in Super Bowl XXXII and XXXIII
Three-time Pro Bowler; All-Pro selections in 1995 (second-team by AP), 1998 (second-team by AP) and 2001 (second-team by AP)
Two Super Bowl appearances and victories (XXXII and XXXIII)
Inducted into the Ring of Fame in 2016
Career stats with Denver: 236 games, 80.6% career FG percentage, 99.5% career extra-point percentage, 63 yards on longest career field goal
One Pro Bowl selection in 1999 (special teams)
Two Super Bowl appearances and victories (XXXII and XXXIII)
Career stats with Denver: 91 games, two starts
Two Super Bowl appearances and victories (XXXII and XXXIII)
Career stats with Denver: 108 games, 104 starts
Pro Bowl selection in 2000
One Super Bowl appearance and victory (XXXIII)
Career stats with Denver: 53 games, 51 starts, 62.2 completion percentage, 11,763 passing yards, 71 touchdowns, 84.1 quarterback rating
Super Bowl champion (Super Bowl 50), selected to Sports Illustrated's All-NFL team in 2008
Career stats with Denver: 62 games, 50 starts (via pro-football-reference.com)
One Super Bowl appearance (XLVIII)
Career stats with Denver: 62 games, 44 starts, 222 receptions for 3,070 yards and 33 touchdowns
One Pro Bowl, one second-team All-Pro selection, 2016 Week 10 AFC Special Teams Player of the Week, ranks second in franchise history in interceptions by a Broncos player through his first five pro seasons, two-time Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee
Career stats: 74 games, 64 starts, 16 interceptions, one interception returned for a touchdown, 37 passes defensed, one fumble recovery, two sacks, 385 total tackles, 11 tackles for loss, three quarterback hits
