Broncos awarded three compensatory picks for 2020 draft, bringing total to 11

Steve Helber, The Associated Press Iowa tight end Noah Fant walks the red carpet ahead of the first round at the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 25, 2019, in Nashville, Tenn. The Broncos were awarded three compensatory draft picks by the NFL on Tuesday, giving them 11 total selections in next month’s draft.

The Broncos were given a fifth-rounder (No. 178) and two seventh-round selections (Nos. 252 and 254).

Thirty-two compensatory picks are distributed to teams each year based on a formula based on last year’s free agency and the players (in quality and/or quantity) a team loses. The Broncos lost Shaq Barrett, Tramaine Brock, Max Garcia, Matt Paradis, Bradley Roby and Billy Turner and…