Outside Linebacker · Denver Broncos

Jonah Elliss

No. 52 · 3rd season

Elliss spent a year waiting in the wings — now the door is open

There is a particular kind of patience required of young pass rushers. You get to the NFL, you show what you can do, and then you sit behind someone else and wait.

Jonah Elliss arrived in Denver and did everything a rookie could ask of himself — five sacks in his first season, enough to make people take notice. Then came year two, and the harder part: injuries, a backup role behind Nik Bonitto and Jonathon Cooper, and not nearly enough time on the field.

Now, heading into his third season, Elliss has a real shot at winning a starting job on the Denver Broncos' defensive line. The résumé is there. The time away from the field was not the plan, but it is part of the story now.

What he does with the opportunity is the part still being written.

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