The Denver Broncos announced that they named six players team captains for the 2024 NFL season. Veteran wide receiver Courtland Sutton along with linebacker Alex Singleton, guard Quinn Meinerz, kicker Wil Lutz, and cornerback Patrick Surtain II were all named captains. All five make sense and there were no real surprises there.
What nobody saw coming was rookie starting quarterback Bo Nix also being voted team captain. A rookie starting quarterback, let alone, a rookie being named team captain is incredibly rare. The last rookie to be named team captain on the Broncos was Hall of Fame running back Floyd Little way back in 1967.