Wilson (coach's decision) is inactive for Sunday's game against the Chiefs but will operate as Denver's emergency third quarterback. Wilson won't count against the Broncos' gameday roster limit but will be eligible to play if Bo Nix and Jarrett Stidham are injured Sunday. Wilson has not played yet this season.
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ACTIVELatest Zach Wilson news
Team
Denver Broncos
Birthdate
8/3/1999 (25)
Status
Active
HT/WT
6'2", 214 lbs
Draft Info
2021: Rd 1; Pk (NYJ)
Birthplace
Draper, UT, USA
Position
QB
College
BYU
Experience
4 seasons
Career History
Denver Broncos
2024-Present
(1 season)
New York Jets
2021-2024
(3 seasons)
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ATT 26.1CMP 16.1PASS YDS 171.8TD 0.7LNG 27.3CMP% 61.7SACK 3.3SYL 23.0INT 0.1RUSH YDS 16.8CBSS fantasy points 13.0ESPN fantasy points 11.6Yahoo fantasy points 11.7
Pregame Probabilities
Expected to pass >300 YDS9%Passing Touchdowns 3+4% -
Full season projectionsATT 297.0CMP 187.0PASS YDS 2,050.6TD 11.0LNG 43.0CMP% 63.0SACK 26.2SYL 185.5INT 4.1
Wilson (coach's decision) is inactive for Sunday's game against the Chiefs but will operate as Denver's emergency third quarterback. Wilson won't count against the Broncos' gameday roster limit but will be eligible to play if Bo Nix and Jarrett Stidham are injured Sunday. Wilson has not played yet this season.
Wilson (coach's decision) will serve as Denver's emergency third quarterback for Sunday's game in Baltimore, Parker Gabriel of The Denver Post reports. Wilson regularly serves as the Broncos' emergency quarterback, while Jarrett Stidham backs up Bo Nix under center on the active roster. The former first-round pick has not seen the field this season for Denver.
Wilson (coach's decision) will serve as Denver's emergency third quarterback for Thursday's game against New Orleans, Aric DiLalla of the Broncos' official site reports. Wilson will once again serve as the emergency quarterback for the Broncos for Thursday's contest. He will only see the field if both starter Bo Nix and backup Jarrett Stidham were removed from the game due to injury.
Wilson (coach's decision) is inactive Sunday against the Chargers. Wilson remains the team's No. 3 option at quarterback behind starter Bo Nix and backup Jarrett Stidham. Although, as he has been doing this season, the BYU product will suit up and operate as the team's emergency quarterback, which will allow him to enter the game if Nix and Stidham were to get injured.
Wilson (coach's decision) is designated as the Broncos' emergency third quarterback for Sunday's game at Tampa Bay. Wilson is technically listed as inactive for Week 3, but he'll be available for action if both Bo Nix and Jarrett Stidham go down to injury. In that unlikely case, he'd be inheriting an offense that's been dysfunctional to start the season.
Wilson (coach's decision) is inactive but serving as the emergency third quarterback in Sunday's Week 1 matchup against the Seahawks. As expected, Jarrett Stidham is serving as the No. 2 quarterback behind rookie 12th overall pick Bo Nix, who'll make his NFL debut as a starter Sunday. Wilson arrived in Denver this offseason in need of a career reset after a difficult first three years with the Jets, but he'll only enter Sunday's game if both Nix and Stidham are forced from the contest due to injury.
Wilson completed 16 of 25 passes for 251 yards and two touchdowns in Sunday's 38-12 preseason win over the Cardinals. He added 22 rushing yards and a TD on two carries. Jarrett Stidham led the offense for Denver's first possession and got the team into the end zone, but Wilson played the rest of the way and had plenty of success, finding Nate Adkins for a one-yard score in the second quarter and Brandon Johnson for a 46-yard TD strike in the fourth. Wilson also added a one-yard touchdown plunge of his own just before halftime. Despite the strong performance, the former Jet will still likely head into the season as the Broncos' No. 3 quarterback, with 2024 12th overall pick Bo Nix having already been named the Week 1 starter.
Wilson failed to impress at spring practices, according to Nick Kosmider of The Athletic. Kosmider suggests Wilson seemed to have more trouble than rookie Bo Nix with the adjustment to coach Sean Payton's offense. While Wilson still has time to make an impression during training camp and the preseason, it sounds like he's currently positioned to be the No. 3 QB or even released. The Broncos acquired him in April for a late-round pick swap, trading down from No. 203 to 256 while taking on only half of Wilson's $5.5 million salary from the Jets.
The Broncos don't plan to pick up the fifth-year option in Wilson's contract, Jeff Legwold of ESPN reports. Wilson, who the Jets took with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, joined the Broncos in a trade with New York leading up to this year's draft. With his new team not in line to pick up his fifth-year option -- which would have been for a guaranteed $22.4 million -- the 24 year-old is in a position to become a free agent next March. For now, Wilson is slated to compete with first-round rookie Bo Nix and Jarrett Stidham -- who started Denver's final two games of the 2023 regular season -- for the Week 1 starting assignment. While Nix is presumably viewed as the franchise's long-term answer at QB, in the short term, slotting at the position is up for grabs in advance of training camp.