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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- **The Broncos pulled the trigger on a trade with the Detroit Lions to move up to the 23rd overall pick to select Missouri LB Shane Ray on Thursday night.
See photos from new Bronco Shane Ray's football career leading up to being selected 23rd overall.
Shane Ray and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell hold up a Broncos jersey at the 2015 NFL Draft. The Broncos drafted Ray with the 23rd overall pick in the first round.
Shane Ray, the Broncos' 2015 first-round pick in NFL Draft at No. 23 overall, celebrates after a play in 2012.
Shane Ray sacks Texas A&M's Johnny Manziel in 2013.
Shane Ray, the Broncos' 23rd overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, sacks Kentucky's Patrick Towles.
Shane Ray, drafted 23rd overall by the Broncos in the 2015 NFL Draft, celebrates a sack on South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw in 2013.
Shane Ray gets a hand on Indiana's D'Angelo Roberts in 2014. Ray was the Broncos' 2015 first-round pick with the 23rd overall pick.
Shane Ray, the Broncos' first round pick in the 2015 NFL Draft, closes in on South Dakota State quarterback Jacob Menage for a sack.
Shane Ray, drafted by the Broncos in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft, performs a drill at Missouri's Pro Day.
Shane Ray performs a drill at Missouri's 2015 Pro Day.
Shane Ray smiles as he holds the Citrus Bowl trophy following Missouri's 33-17 win over Minnesota.
Shane Ray and his mother share a moment on the red carpet at the 2015 NFL Draft.
Shane Ray hugs NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after the Broncos selected Ray with the 23rd overall pick at the 2015 NFL Draft.
In return for No. 23 overall, the Broncos sent the Lions the 28th overall pick, a 2015 fifth-round pick, a 2016 fifth-round pick and interior OL Manny Ramirez.
As a reshirt junior, Ray racked up 14.5 sacks, 22.5 tackles for loss and 65 total tackles for the Tigers en route to being named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year and earning consensus first-team All-America honors. The 14.5 sacks set a Missouri single-season record and ranked third in the nation.
In 2012 and 2013, Ray collected 45 total tackles, 4.5 sacks and 11.5 tackles for loss as a rotational player, playing behind future NFL draftees Michael Sam and Kony Ealy.
Ray is the third Missouri Tiger defender taken in the first round in the last five years after Aldon Smith (2011) and Sheldon Richardson (2013).
