For a brief moment, it seemed that the Caleb Lohner experiment at Denver Broncos headquarters may have been over. At the very least, the Broncos rolled the dice on that being a possibility by cutting Lohner ahead of Tuesday's deadline, as an outside team could have claimed him off waivers, and he would have been gone.
The Denver Broncos waived rookie tight end Caleb Lohner on Tuesday. The move came very late in the day, and less than an hour before the 2 pm MDT deadline.
After a full offseason, training camp, and two preseason games, the Denver Broncos' rookie tight end Caleb Lohner is feeling the pressure . Even if he's totally oblivious to his lack of production and pre-snap penalties, which we know he's not, Lohner is hearing it from his head coach...
The Denver Broncos drafted tight end Caleb Lohner with their final selection back in April at No. 241 overall. The selection was based on 57 snaps of college football and a lot of projection.
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The Denver Broncos’ seventh-round pick, Caleb Lohner, traded basketball for football, sparking comparisons to NFL legend Jimmy Graham. At 6-foot-7, his raw athleticism dazzled Utah coaches, who saw a “future star” in the NFL.
Evan Engram gives the Broncos their ‘Joker’ tight end while Caleb Lohner could become the next Jimmy Graham. The Broncos' tight end room lacked a true receiving threat last season after former third-round pick Greg Dulcich was released and Lucas Krull failed to impress.
The Denver Broncos took a flyer on Utah tight end Caleb Lohner with their last pick in the 2025 NFL draft. At least, it seemed like a flyer. Since the Lohner pick was made, though, Broncos head coach Sean Payton has sounded a lot more enthused than you'd expect of a seventh-round we'll-see-how-it-goes lark.
Could rookie tight end Caleb Lohner be Sean Payton’s version of Jimmy Graham with the Broncos? With their final selection in the 2025 NFL Draft, the Denver Broncos selected Utah tight end Caleb Lohner.