ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Football is hard. NFL football is really hard. NFL football for rookies is really, really hard. NFL football for rookies coming from a conference outside of the Power 5 is really, really, really hard.
The latter is the challenge that Denver Broncos third-round pick Carlos Henderson is facing, and in the early goings of camp, the difficulty of the transition has shown. On Saturday, head coach Vance Joseph said the rookie wideout was “trying too hard,” and it’s been obvious so far that the kid is in pretty deep.
Henderson comes from Conference USA’s Louisiana Tech, where he dominated.