Denver Broncos 2021 rookie safety Caden Sterns. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
The Denver Broncos put together a pretty phenomenal all-around 2021 NFL Draft class with intriguing and potential instant-impact players on both sides of the ball. One player that is getting slightly overlooked in the class and maybe even slept on is the team’s first pick from day three — Texas safety Caden Sterns.
The reasons for Sterns getting slept on are not hard to determine. In addition to being a fifth-round pick, the Denver Broncos took a safety literally 12 picks after they took Sterns in Jamar Johnson, a player whose 2020 statistics were quite a bit better than Sterns’.