Players

BEADLES AT A GLANCE:
• A third-year offensive guard who played all 16 regular-season games in each of his first three professional seasons and ranks third among offensive linemen who entered the NFL in 2010 with 46 career starts.
• Was the only player to participate in 100 percent of Denver’s offensive or defensive regular-season snaps (1,143) in 2012.
• Tied for fifth among 16-game starting guards with 1.0 sack allowed during the 2012 season.
• Earned the Broncos’ Walter Payton Man of the Year award for his work in the community for the 2012 season.
• Opened all 16 games during the regular season and started both playoff contests for the Broncos in 2011, helping the league’s top rushing offense (164.5 ypg.) set the franchise single-season rushing mark.
• Named to The Sporting News’ All-Rookie Team in 2010 after opening eight contests at left guard and six contests at right tackle, becoming the first NFL rookie since Andre Gurode (Dal., 2002) to start at least six games at two of the three positions along the offensive line (C, G, T).
• Called for just one holding penalty during his first two NFL seasons to represent one of just 16 NFL offensive linemen with 30 starts and one or fewer holding calls from 2010-11.
• Played 51 games (50 starts) at the University of Utah, where he was a three-time All-Mountain West Conference selection and received several All-America honors as a senior.
• Named the 2009-10 Mountain West Conference Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year following his senior season and was a four-time Academic All-MWC honoree.
• Selected by the Broncos in the second round (45th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft.

CAREER TRANSACTIONS: Signed by Denver as a draft choice 7/27/10.

2012: Beadles started all 16 regular-season games for the second consecutive season and was the only Bronco to play every one of the team’s offensive or defensive snaps (1,143)... Named a third alternate to the 2013 AFC Pro Bowl squad... Earned the Broncos’ Walter Payton Man of the Year award for his efforts in the community... Was one of four starting guards to not allow a sack through the first 13 weeks of the season... Threw a key block down the field on WR Demaryius Thomas’ 71-yard touchdown catch-and-run vs. Pit. (9/9) that marked QB Peyton Manning’s 400th career touchdown pass... Part of an offensive line that earned the Madden Most Valuable Protectors Award for allowing zero sacks, one QB hit and helping the team rush for 225 yards vs. N.O. (10/28).

2011: Beadles started all 16 regular-season games and both playoff contests for Denver at left guard... Part of the only offensive line in the NFL to open every regular-season game with the same five individuals... Helped the Broncos finish first in the league in rushing with a team-record 164.5 yards per game on the ground.

2010: Selected by the Broncos in the second round (45th overall) of the 2010 NFL Draft, Beadles appeared in all 16 games (14 starts), opening six contests at right tackle before starting the final eight games at left guard... Became the first rookie since Andre Gurode (Dal., 2002) to start at least six games at two of the three positions along the offensive line (C, G, T)... Was one of six NFL rookie offensive linemen to start at least 14 games in 2010, earning him a spot on The Sporting News’ All-Rookie Team... Called for just two penalties (15 yds.) during the season... Started at right tackle at Jac. (9/12) to become the first player in franchise history to start a season opener at that position in his rookie campaign.

COLLEGE: Beadles played 51 career games (50 starts) at the University of Utah, earning first-team All-Mountain West Conference accolades in his final two seasons... Recorded 313 career knockdown/key blocks to go along with 45 touchdown blocks while opening 38 contests at left tackle and 12 games at left guard... Received first-team All-America honors from the Football Writers Association and College Football News as a senior and was chosen as the 2009-10 MWC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year... Voted a finalist for the Wuerffel Trophy (athletics, academics and community) and was a Lowe’s Senior CLASS second-team All-American... Named Utah’s Top Offensive Lineman as a junior with a career-best 109 knockdowns/key blocks in addition to 13 touchdown blocks.

PERSONAL: Beadles was a team-captain and three-year starter at Hillcrest High School in Sandy, Utah, where he did not miss a game during his career... Started along the offensive and defensive lines, recording 93 tackles, six sacks and one interception on defense and allowing zero sacks on offense as a senior to earn first-team all-state and all-region honors... Majored in mechanical engineering at Utah and earned a postgraduate scholarship from the NCAA for his classroom performance... Stepfather, Joe Legerski, is the women’s basketball coach at the University of Wyoming... Zane Dae Beadles was born on Nov. 19, 1986, in Casper, Wyo.