The Path to the Denver Broncos’ 53: Tracking Sean Payton and George Paton’s final roster

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Training camp is in the rearview mirror. The preseason wrapped up on Saturday night.

The only thing between the Broncos and the regular season is building their final 53-man roster.

Unlike in years past, there is only one cutdown day in the NFL this year. By Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. MDT, all NFL teams must cut their rosters down from 90 players to 53.

On Wednesday, teams will then begin building their practice squad, which will be filled with many players they release before the Tuesday deadline.

Here are the moves Sean Payton and George Paton made to knock the roster down to the final 53 players.

Players who have been cut

The number next to the name indicates how many players are left on the roster

Third round of cuts

Here are the moves Denver made in their second round of cuts on Aug. 29.

• WR Marquez Callaway (53)
• WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey (54)
• CB Fabian Moreau (55)
• DT Mike Purcell (56)
• OL Quinn Bailey (57)
• DT Tomasi Laulile (58)
• OLB Baron Browning to PUP (59)
• WR Michael Bandy (60)
• OT Demontrey Jacobs (61)
• RB Tony Jones Jr. (62)
• OL Kyle Fuller (63)
• OLB Marcus Haynes (64)
• K Brett Maher (65)
• Acquired K Wil Lutz from the Saints in a trade (66)
• RB Dwayne Washington (65)
• DB Devon Key (66)
• OLB Christopher Allen (67) (waived/injured)
• OL Will Sherman (68)
• TE Traded Albert Okwuegbunam and a 2025 seventh-round pick to the Eagles for a 2025 sixth-round pick (69)
• DL Tyler Lancaster (70)
• RB Tyler Badie (71)
• CB Faion Hicks (72)
• CB Art Green (73)
• OLB Aaron Patrick (74)
• DT Jordan Jackson (75)
• QB Ben DiNucci (76)
• ILB Seth Benson (77)
• DL Haggai Ndubuisi (78)
• WR Taylor Grimes (79)
• WR Montrell Washington (80)
• OL Henry Byrd (81)
• DL PJ Mustipher (82)
• WR Josh Hammond (83)
• TE Tommy Hudson (84)

Second round of cuts

Here are the moves Denver made in their second round of cuts on Aug. 28.

• ILB Austin Ajiake (85)

First round of cuts

Here are the moves Denver made in their first round of cuts on Aug. 27.

• WR Kendall Hinton (86)
  • Hinton emerged as a fan favorite when he played quarterback in 2020 when all of Denver’s quarterbacks were deemed ineligible to play against the Saints due to COVID-19. Following that game, Hinton became a legitimate receiver for Denver, playing in 29 games and racking up 39 catches for 489 yards since 2020.
• OL Isaiah Prince (87)
• WR JJ Koski (88)
• WR Nick Williams (89)
• DB Delonte Hood (90)