The Broncos' top draft picks of the 1980s
The Broncos' draft selections in the '80s helped take the team to five Super Bowls before 2000, including two world championships. (Photos via team archive unless noted, stats via team media guide unless noted)
Two-time Pro Bowler; selected as an All-Pro in 1985 (first-team by TSN, second-team by AP and NEA), 1986 (first team by AP, PFWA, PFW and TSN, second-team by NEA)
Two Super Bowl appearances (XXI, XXII)
Career stats (all with Denver): 129 games, 100 starts, 73.5 sacks
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One Super Bowl appearances (XXI)
Career stats with Broncos: 128 games, 98 starts, 33 interceptions, four interceptions returned for touchdowns, 11 fumble recoveries (via pro-football-reference.com)
Two-time Pro Bowler
Three Super Bowl appearances (XXI, XXII, XXIV)
Career stats: 129 games, 87 starts
Six-time Pro Bowler; selected as an All-Pro in 1984 (first-team by PFW), 1986 (first-team by NEA), 1989 (second-team by AP)Inducted into the Ring of Fame in 2001
Three Super Bowl appearances (XXI, XXII, XXIV)
Career stats (all with Denver): 184 games, 170 starts, 1,171 total tackles, 30 interceptions, 15.0 sacks, 17 fumble recoveries, one fumble returned for a touchdown
Photo by Eric Lars Bakke
Three Super Bowl appearances (XXI, XXII, XXIV)
Career stats with Broncos: 177 games, 165 starts
Two-time Pro Bowler
Three Super Bowl appearances (XXI, XXII, XXIV)
Career stats (all with Denver): 127 games, 83 starts, 1,495 rushes for 5,427 yards and 39 touchdowns, 197 receptions for 1,302 yards and nine touchdowns
Hinton never played a down for the Broncos, but his selection by the Broncos provided the foundation for the trade that would bring John Elway to Denver. Though Hinton is but a footnote in Broncos history, he went on to have a stellar career of his own, earning seven Pro Bowl selections and three All-Pro nods. (AP Photo/Charles Knoblock)
Three Super Bowl appearances (XXI, XXII, XXIV)
Six-time Pro Bowler; selected as an All-Pro in 1985 (first-team by AP, NEA and PFWA), 1986 (first-team by AP, NEA, PFWA, PFW and TSN), 1987 (first-team by NEA, second-team by AP), 1989 (first-team by AP, NEA, PFWA and PFW)
Inducted into Ring of Fame in 2001
Career stats (all with Denver): 180 games, 141 starts, 1,145 total tackles, 79.0 sacks, five interceptions
Three Super Bowl appearances (XXI, XXII, XXIV)
Career stats (all with Denver): 135 games, 126 starts, 193 receptions for 2,136 yards and 13 touchdowns (via pro-football-reference.com)
Three Super Bowl appearances (XXI, XXII, XXIV)
Career stats (all with Denver): 128 games, 83 starts, 415 receptions for 5,695 yards and 37 touchdowns, 81 punt returns for 689 yards, 45 kick returns for 1,027 yards (via pro-football-reference.com)
Inducted into the Ring of Fame in 2016
Three Super Bowl appearances (XXI, XXII, XXIV)
Career stats (all with Denver): 172 games, 143 starts, 97.5 sacks, two interceptions, 21 forced fumbles, 10 fumble recoveries
Three Super Bowl appearances (XXI, XXII, XXIV)
Career stats with Broncos: 100 games, 70 starts, 276 receptions for 4,746 yards and 24 touchdowns (via pro-football-reference.com)
(AP Photo / Al Messerschmidt)
Two Super Bowl appearances (XXII, XXIV)
One Pro Bowl selection
Career stats with Broncos: 89 games, 64 starts, three interceptions, seven forced fumbles, five fumble recoveries (via pro-football-reference.com)
Four Super Bowl appearances (XXII, XXIV, XXXII, XXXIII), two-time champion (XXXII, XXXIII)
One Pro Bowl selectionCareer stats with Broncos: 165 games, 132 starts, 34 interceptions, four interceptions returned for touchdowns, eight forced fumbles, 10 fumble recoveries (via pro-football-reference.com)
Eight-time Pro Bowler; All-Pro selections in 1990 (second-team by NEA), 1991 (first-team by AP, NEA, PFWA, PFWA), 1992 (first-team by AP, NEA, PFWA, TSN), 1996 (second-team by AP); first-team member of the NFL 1990s All-Decade Team
Three Super Bowl appearances (XXIV, XXXII, XXXII), two-time champion (XXXII, XXXIII)
Inducted into the Ring of Fame in 2005 and the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020
Career stats with Broncos: 167 games, 166 starts, 1,356 total tackles, 24 interceptions, one interception returned for a touchdown, 5.0 sacks
One Super Bowl appearance (XXIV)
Career stats with Broncos: 64 games, 58 starts
