When it felt as though Troy Fumagalli’s football world might collapse, his NFL dreams close enough to see but not to own, the Broncos rookie tight end found respite on the couch of a teammate.
Want proof of the bond shared between Denver’s 2018 rookie class? Many lived in the same apartment complex last season, such as wide receiver DaeSean Hamilton, who saw Fumagalli about every day through the course of rigorous injury rehabilitation and said he “wasn’t really complaining” — even if Fumagalli had legitimate gripes.
The Broncos drafted Fumagalli in the fifth round from Wisconsin in 2018 shortly after he had surgery to repair a sports hernia injury.