While the Denver Broncos’ pass defense is #1 in the NFL, giving up only 181 yards per game, there are contributors to the defense that most fans and media will never give a second thought to, or even realize exist half the time.
Nevertheless, those in gridiron obscurity not only make significant contributions at practice but in the community as well and such is the case for Broncos practice-squad player, cornerback Taurean Nixon.
Thanks to Lindsay H. Jones of USA Today Sports, a former Broncos writer who is still stationed in Denver and the solid journalists of NFL Female (whom you can follow on Twitter @NFLFemale and I highly recommend you do so), word has surfaced that Nixon, a 7th round draft pick by the Broncos in the 2015 NFL Draft out of Tulane, is cheering up hospitalized children in his downtime.