Broncos Officially Cut 22 Players, Down To 53 Players

The Denver Broncos have begun the process of trimming their roster down to 53 players. Here’s the list of roster cuts up to this point:

1. RB Ronnie Hillman
2. DL Henry Melton
3. QB Mark Sanchez
4. C Dillon Day
5. OLB Vontarrius Dora
6. WR Mose Frazier
7. OT Lars Hanson
8. DE Lars Koht
9. ILB Kyle Kragen
10. TE Henry Krieger-Coble
11. DB B.J. Lowery
12. S Ryan Murphy
13. OT Justin Murray
14. G Robert Myers Jr.
15. OL Aaron Neary
16. CB Taurean Nixon
17. ILB Dwayne Norman
18. WR Kalif Raymond
19. OLB Sadat Sulleyman
20. RB/FB Juwan Thompson
21. CB John Tidwell
22. OLB Eddie Yarbrough

Melton, 29, is a former fourth-round pick of the Bears back in 2009. The Bears used their franchise tag on Melton back in 2013, but allowed him to depart and sign on with the Cowboys as an unrestricted free agent the following years.

The Buccaneers elected to sign Melton to a one-year contract in May of last year. Melton caught on with the Broncos just a few weeks ago.

In 2015, Melton appeared in all 16 games for the Buccaneers and recorded 30 tackles, two sacks, a forced fumble, two recoveries and two pass defenses.

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Thompson, 24, wound up signing on with the Broncos as an undrafted free agent out of Duke back in 2014. He’s currently in the final year of his three-year, $1.53 million contract and stands to make a base salary of $600,000 for the 2016 season.

In 2015, Thompson appeared in 15 games for the Broncos and ran for 48 yards on 18 carries (2.7 YPC) to go along with six receptions for 51 yards receiving and no touchdowns.

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Tidwell, 23, wound up signing on with the the Broncos as an undrafted free agent out of Sioux Falls back in May. He’s in the first year of his three-year, $1.62 million rookie contract and stands to make a base salary of $450,000 for the 2016 season.

During the preseason, Tidwell recorded eight total tackles over the course of four games for the Broncos.