Broncos nose tackle Shelby Harris was all smiles after clinching victory Sunday against the Steelers with a fourth-quarter interception in the end zone.
Go back about two years, though, and it didn’t appear Harris had a future in Denver.
“My first spring here, when I watched Shelby workout, I told (defensive line coach Bill) Kollar, ‘He’s got about a week before we cut him,'” coach Vance Joseph said. “He was that bad.”
Harris, a former Illinois State star, was drafted by Oakland in the seventh round of the 2014 NFL draft. He bounced between the Raiders’ active roster and practice squad several times before landing with the Jets, Cowboys, and last season, with the Broncos.