The Denver Broncos traded second-year wide receiver Devaughn Vele to the New Orleans Saints on Wednesday for a fourth-round pick in 2026 and a seventh-round pick in 2027, the team announced.
Vele, a seventh-round pick out of Utah in 2024, had a strong rookie season for the Broncos. He finished third on the team with 475 receiving yards on 41 catches, three of which went for touchdowns. He produced those numbers despite missing four games due to injuries.
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That Denver traded a productive receiver like Vele speaks to the depth the team has compiled at the position. The Broncos signed Trent Sherfield in free agency and then drafted Pat Bryant in the third round of April’s NFL Draft. The Broncos have also seen second-year receiver Troy Franklin emerge as one of the team’s top playmakers in training camp.
Broncos coach Sean Payton said last week that the team’s roster is “much further along” than it was during his first offseason as the team’s coach in 2023, leaving the coaching and personnel staffs with difficult decisions to make as next week’s roster cuts approach.
“There’ll be some tough decisions,” Payton said. “There’s a chance a receiver that might be out here today might be on a 53-(man roster) somewhere else (in Week 1). So, it’s a good thing. And we’re deep at running back. We’re just further along. We’re so much further along as a roster, and that elevates quite naturally the play of everyone.”
At 6 feet 5 and 210 pounds, Vele gives the Saints needed size at wide receiver for first-year coach Kellen Moore. The Broncos and Saints have consistently done business since Payton, the longtime coach in New Orleans, took over in Denver. That included a draft-day trade that brought tight end Adam Trautman to the Broncos. The teams play in Saturday’s preseason finale.
The trade can be viewed as a big endorsement of Bryant, the rookie out of Illinois, from the Broncos. He had four receptions for 70 yards in last week’s preseason win against the Arizona Cardinals and also threw a key block that helped tight end Evan Engram finish a 58-yard play to begin the game.
“He is doing amazing,” Broncos quarterback Jarrett Stidham said of Bryant after Saturday’s game. “Obviously, big expectations for him coming in as a receiver that we drafted. He keeps getting acclimated. Just like with any young guy, there is a learning curve, but the more he’s playing and the more confidence he’s gaining is huge. He made some really great plays tonight.”
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