For the past two seasons, former Syracuse Orange punter Riley Dixon has been one of this football program’s feel-good stories.
The former walk-on became a legend and special teams dynamo at Syracuse, then parlayed that and a cult following into being selected in the seventh round by the Denver Broncos. He won the job as a rookie, then regressed slightly in year two (but not without making some prom dreams happen). But at a reasonable rookie salary, you’d figure it would be a no-brainer for the Broncos to keep him around.
Apparently not.