Troy Fumagalli

Fumagalli caught six passes, including a touchdown, in 2019 after missing his rookie season with a sports hernia. The production was probably too little too late for the former fifth-round pick. The Broncos have a collection of even younger tight ends in Noah Fant, Andrew Beck, and Albert Okwuegbunam. Add veteran Nick Vannett to the mix, and the odds are stacked against Fumagalli making the final roster.

After leading Wisconsin in receptions during his junior and senior campaigns, Fumagalli was drafted in the fifth round in 2018 by the Broncos and was lost before the season started with a sports hernia. At his best, Fumagalli can be a solid in-line blocker and chain-mover to complement dynamic rookie Noah Fant. At his worst, he may be the odd man out in Denver's menagerie of Big-Ten tight ends. Unless the team goes thin at another position and keeps four tight ends, Fumagalli, Jake Butt, and the newly resigned Jeff Heuerman are likely playing for two spots. Fumagalli has the least experience of the three.

The Wisconsin Badgers offense remains one of the few bastions for fans of the ground-and-pound. They didn't always pass, but when they did, they passed to Fumagalli, who led the team in receptions in both of the past two seasons. Fumagalli is far from the sort of mismatch tight end that is becoming increasingly popular in today's NFL, but with sound hands and a willingness to block, Fumagalli could be an interesting chess piece in multi-tight end sets. He's likely bound for heavy-formation duty as a rookie but appears to be a logical replacement for Jeff Heuerman, who's in his contract year, in 2019. Fumagalli and Jake Butt could be the future at the position for the Broncos.