Who is Kendall Hinton? Broncos may play rookie at QB vs. Saints

COVID-19 and the NFL’s protocols associated to it have hit the Broncos arduous in Week 12. Denver discovered Saturday that will probably be with out all 4 of its quarterbacks for Sunday’s recreation towards the Saints after one examined optimistic for the coronavirus in the course of the week and the opposite three have been dominated out for being high-risk shut contacts.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Saturday night that after Jeff Driskel examined optimistic Thursday, fellow QBs Drew Lock, Brett Rypien and Blake Bortles interacted with him whereas not carrying masks. That made them high-risk, which in flip led to them being despatched house and dominated out for the sport.

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So whereas Broncos gamers Von Miller and Jerry Jeudy volunteered their providers Saturday night and the web known as for Tim Tebow to come back again to Denver, the precise alternative choices embrace working again Royce Freeman and a practice-squad broad receiver who performed quarterback in school earlier than altering positions.

That former, and perhaps future, QB is Kendall Hinton.

Who’s Kendall Hinton?

Kendall Hinton is a 23-year-old undrafted free agent out of Wake Forest, the place he performed his first three seasons at quarterback earlier than transferring to broad receiver for his ultimate two seasons. Hinton was amongst Denver’s coaching camp cuts in September however rejoined the staff’s follow squad on Nov. four. He has but to play in an NFL recreation.

What sort of quarterback was Kendall Hinton in school?

Hinton was a dual-threat quarterback at Wake. He completed his collegiate profession finishing 133 of 253 passes (52.6 p.c) for 1,504 yards, with eight touchdowns and 7 interceptions. He additionally rushed 188 instances for 881 yards and 12 scores. Most of his QB work got here as a freshman in 2015. He made two begins instead of injured starter John Wolford, going Zero-2 with losses to Indiana and Florida State. Hinton suffered a knee damage in Week three of his sophomore season in 2016, which led to a medical redshirt. After restricted run at QB in 2017, Hinton was transformed to broad receiver for the 2018 season. He completed his senior season in 2019 with 73 receptions for 1,001 yards and 4 touchdowns.

Who else may the Broncos use at quarterback vs. the Saints?

Operating again Royce Freeman reportedly is Denver’s true emergency quarterback. He was the early favourite to take snaps behind heart on Sunday. Denver reportedly asked the NFL to activate offensive high quality management coaches Rob Calabrese, who performed quarterback at UCF, and Justin Rascati, who performed at James Madison, however have been denied.