The Broncos are bringing back one of their receivers.
Denver announced on Thursday that the club has re-signed Lil’Jordan Humphrey to a one-year deal.
Humphrey, 27, appears to be a receiver head coach Sean Payton doesn’t know how to quit. After bringing Humphrey into the league with New Orleans as an undrafted free agent, Payton brought Humphrey to Denver in 2023 for a pair of seasons.
Though Humphrey signed a one-year deal with the Giants as a free agent in 2025, Denver signed Humphrey off of New York’s practice squad in November. He appeared in seven regular-season games for the Broncos, catching nine passes for 101 yards with a touchdown. Humphrey then had three catches for 38 yards with a TD in the postseason.
In his seven seasons, Humphrey has 75 career receptions for 926 yards with eight touchdowns.
The Broncos have announced Sean Payton’s full coaching staff for the 2026 season.
The most significant change comes at offensive coordinator. Davis Webb is moving up from quarterbacks coach and Payton is handing the offensive play-calling duties to him as well. The rest of the offensive staff includes offensive run game coordinator/assistant head coach Zach Strief, pass game coordinator John Morton, offensive line coach Chris Morgan, running backs coach Lou Ayeni, wide receivers coach Ronald Curry, tight ends coach Austin King, quarterbacks coach Logan Kilgore, and director of game management/assistant quarterbacks coach Evan Rothstein. Kyle Kempt, JD Johnson, and Willie Snead will all be quality control coaches.
Defensive coordinator Vance Joseph will oversee a group that includes senior defensive assistant Joe Vitt, pass game coordinator Robert Livingston, defensive line coach Jamar Cain, defensive backs coach Doug Belk, inside linebackers coach Jeff Schmedding, and outside linebackers coach Isaac Shewmaker. Brian Niedermeyer and Todd Davis are the quality control coaches on that side of the ball.
Special teams coordinator/assistant head coach Darren Rizzi, assistant special teams coach Marwan Maalouf, special teams quality control coach Zach Line, and assistant to the head coach Paul Kelly make up the rest of the staff.
The Broncos reached contract agreements with three of their free agents on Wednesday.
Mike Klis of 9News reports that tight end Lucas Krull, defensive lineman Matt Henningsen and fullback Adam Prentice will sign one-year deals to remain in Denver.
Krull, 27, started the Broncos’ first three games as an extra tight end last season. He was inactive for one game before breaking his foot in Week 5, ending his season.
In three seasons with the Broncos, Krull has 29 catches for 262 yards and a touchdown.
The Broncos are signing him back for $1.33 million, per Klis.
Prentice, 29, replaced Michael Burton as the team’s fullback after Burton’s season-ending hamstring injury during a joint practice with the Packers. Prentice played all 19 games for the Broncos last year.
Henningsen played in all 34 possible games in 2022-23 before spending 2024 on the practice squad. He tore an Achilles in a joint practice with the 49ers last summer and missed the season.
Conflicting reports have emerged regarding the two-year contract signed by Broncos running back J.K. Dobbins. The best way to clear it up is to go to the deal itself.
Here’s the breakdown, per a source with knowledge of the terms:
1. Signing bonus: $4 million.
2. 2026 base salary: $4 million, fully guaranteed.
3. 2027 base salary: $7 million.
4. 2027 per-game active roster bonus: $1 million total ($58,823 per game).
The deal includes an annual $2 million incentive, if Dobbins gains 1,200 yards from scrimmage. That’s something he’s never done in his career, largely due to injury. Last year, he had 809 yards from scrimmage in 10 games. That pace projects to 1,375 yards.
It’s a two-year, $16 million deal. The first $8 million isn’t tied to per-game roster bonuses. It can be worth up to $20 million.
The Broncos have not released linebacker Dre Greenlaw. They instead will wait until the new league year so they can designate him as a post-June 1 cut, Chris Tomasson of the Denver Gazette reports.
The Broncos will save $8.19 million this year, rather than $6.023 million, and taking a $2.166 million dead cap hit instead of $4.33 million. They will have another $2.164 million in dead money for 2027.
Greenlaw signed a three-year contract last March and was scheduled to make $7.47 million this season.
He dealt with a quad injury early in the 2025 season and missed another game due to a suspension. He had 43 tackles, a sack, an interception and a forced fumble in eight regular-season appearances.
The Broncos re-signed linebackers Justin Strnad and Alex Singleton.
