The Denver Broncos hosted Nebraska center Cam Jurgens on a pre-draft visit earlier this week, according to KUSA-TV’s Mike Klis. He was a three-year starter for the Cornhuskers.
Jurgens (6-3, 303 pounds) earned honorable mention All-Big Ten honors as a redshirt senior last season. He ran a 40-yard dash in 4.92 seconds and bench-pressed 225 pounds 25 times at the NFL combine earlier this offseason.
Jurgens is one of at least three center prospects visiting the Broncos, joining Tennessee-Chattanooga’s Cole Strange and Dylan Parham of Memphis. Denver’s interest in centers might be bad news for Lloyd Cushenberry, who started 32 games over the last two years (he missed one game last year with COVID-19).
Cushenberry has been penalized eight times and has allowed six sacks through two seasons in the NFL. It remains to be seen if Cushenberry will be an ideal fit for new coach Nathaniel Hackett’s zone blocking scheme, but it seems clear that he’ll at least face competition this summer.
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