Broncos Release QB Danny Etling & OL Shaq Calhoun From Practice Squad

The Denver Broncos announced Tuesday that they’ve released QB Danny Etling and OL Shaq Calhoun from their practice squad.

Here’s the Broncos updated practice squad:

1. T Quinn Bailey
2. TE Shaun Beyer
3. T Drew Himmelman
4. DE Marquiss Spencer
5. WR Seth Williams 
6. DE Jonathan Harris
7. WR De’Mornay Pierson-El
8. WR Rico Gafford
9. LB Pita Taumoepenu (COVID-19)
10. LB Barrington Wade
11. RB Damarea Crockett
12. LB Curtis Robinson
13. OT Casey Tucker
14. LB Avery Williamson
15. DB Duke Dawson (Injured)

Etling, 26, is a former seventh-round pick of the Patriots back in 2019. He agreed to a four-year, $2,564,028 contract that included a $104,028 signing bonus with the Patriots, but was released coming out of the preseason. 

The Patriots later re-signed Etling to their practice squad. New England re-signed Etling to a futures deal but he was, once again, waived later claimed by the Falcons. 

Atlanta brought Etling back on a futures contract this past January before waiving him after coming off their COVID-19 list. From there he had brief stints with the Seahawks and Vikings before returning to Seattle last month.

Etling was later let go by the Seahawks’ practice squad and just recently signed on to the Broncos’ taxi squad. 

During his college career at Purdue and LSU, Etling threw for 7,076 yards while completing 57.9 percent of his passes to go along with 43 touchdowns and 19 interceptions.