Broncos sign fullback Adam Prentice, a CSU alumnus and familiar face

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As the Broncos have endured a rash of injuries at fullback, they’ve turned to the free-agent market for an old familiar.

The organization has signed fullback Adam Prentice, a source confirmed to The Denver Post Sunday. The corresponding roster move is not immediately clear but doesn’t involve an IR move or injury-designation cut for starting fullback Michael Burton or hybrid tight end Nate Adkins, the source said.

The Broncos are still waiting on a public injury designation for guard Nick Garguilo, who suffered a gruesome leg injury and was carted off in Saturday night’s preseason game.

Burton missed Saturday’s preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals with a hamstring injury, head coach Sean Payton said, and Adkins recently underwent a procedure for an ankle sprain. Even as tight end Caden Prieskorn took a few snaps at fullback on run plays against Arizona, Prentice offers a more proven body at that spot if Burton’s still unavailable this week through a trip to New Orleans.

Prentice is well-known in Colorado, after spending five years at Colorado State from 2016-20. He was used primarily as a blocker with the Rams, finishing with 193 yards in his tenure at CSU. Prentice has longstanding ties to both Payton and general manager George Paton, too; after beginning his career with the Broncos in 2021 as an undrafted free agent, Prentice was cut and promptly signed by Payton’s Saints, where he spent four years. He started seven games in 2024 for New Orleans.

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