You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Teams > Denver Broncos > 2008 Starters, Roster, & Players

2008 Denver Broncos

Franchise IndexPrevious Season

Record: 4-2-0, Currently 1st place in AFC West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 166 points (27.7/g), 6th of 32 in the NFL.
 Allowed 154 points (25.7/g), 28th.
 Differential of 12 points (2.0/g), 15th.
 Expected W-L: 3.3-2.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.7/g), 27th.

Coached by Mike Shanahan (4-2-0)

2008 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Roster

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
Hamza Abdullah 25 DB 1 213 6-2 Washington State 8/20/1983 3

Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 231st pick / 2005

Boss Bailey 29 LB 5 233 6-3 Georgia 10/14/1979 5

Detroit Lions / 2nd / 34th pick / 2003

Champ Bailey 30 DB 6 192 6-0 Georgia 6/22/1978 9

Washington Redskins / 1st / 7th pick / 1999

Dre' Bly 31 DB 6 185 5-9 North Carolina 5/22/1977 9

St. Louis Rams / 2nd / 41st pick / 1999

Nic Clemons 28 DE 3 298 6-6 Georgia 2/3/1980 3
Jay Cutler 25 QB 6 225 6-3 Vanderbilt 4/29/1983 2

Denver Broncos / 1st / 11th pick / 2006

Elvis Dumervil 24 DE 5 255 6-0 Louisville 1/19/1984 2

Denver Broncos / 4th / 126th pick / 2006

Ebenezer Ekuban 32 DE 4 265 6-3 North Carolina 5/29/1976 9

Dallas Cowboys / 1st / 20th pick / 1999

John Engelberger 32 DE 5 268 6-4 Virginia Tech 10/18/1976 8

San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 35th pick / 2000

Vernon Fox 29 DB 1 200 5-9 Fresno State 10/9/1979 6
Daniel Graham 30 TE 5 257 6-3 Colorado 11/16/1978 6

New England Patriots / 1st / 21st pick / 2002

Andre Hall 26 RB 6 205 5-9 South Florida 8/20/1982 1
Ben Hamilton 31 G-C 1 283 6-4 Minnesota 8/18/1977 6

Denver Broncos / 4th / 113th pick / 2001

Ryan Harris 23 T 1 299 6-5 Notre Dame 3/11/1985 1

Denver Broncos / 3rd / 70th pick / 2007

Peyton Hillis 22 RB 4 240 6-0 Arkansas 1/21/1986 Rook

Denver Broncos / 7th / 227th pick / 2008

Darrell Jackson 30 WR 2 201 6-0 Florida 12/6/1978 8

Seattle Seahawks / 3rd / 80th pick / 2000

Nate Jackson 29 WR 4 223 6-3 Menlo 6/4/1979 5
Brett Kern 22 6 205 6-3 2/17/1986 Rook
Niko Koutouvides 27 LB 4 238 6-2 Purdue 3/25/1981 4

Seattle Seahawks / 4th / 116th pick / 2004

Chris Kuper 26 G 2 302 6-4 North Dakota 12/19/1982 2

Denver Broncos / 5th / 161st pick / 2006

Spencer Larsen 24 LB 4 238 6-1 Arizona 3/4/1984 Rook

Denver Broncos / 6th / 183rd pick / 2008

Mike Leach 32 TE 1 245 6-2 Boston University,William & Mary 10/18/1976 8
Calvin Lowry 25 DB 1 199 5-11 Penn State 2/13/1983 2

Tennessee Titans / 4th / 102nd pick / 2006

Marquand Manuel 29 DB 6 209 6-0 Florida 7/11/1979 6

Cincinnati Bengals / 6th / 181st pick / 2002

Brandon Marshall 24 WR 5 229 6-4 Central Florida 3/23/1984 2

Denver Broncos / 4th / 119th pick / 2006

Glenn Martinez 27 WR 2 183 6-1 Saginaw Valley State 11/30/1981 3
Marlon McCree 31 DB 6 202 5-11 Kentucky 3/17/1977 7

Jacksonville Jaguars / 7th / 233rd pick / 2001

Jarvis Moss 24 DE 2 250 6-7 Florida 8/3/1984 1

Denver Broncos / 1st / 17th pick / 2007

Karl Paymah 26 DB 4 204 6-0 Washington State 11/29/1982 3

Denver Broncos / 3rd / 76th pick / 2005

Kenny Peterson 30 DT-DE 4 295 6-3 Ohio State 11/21/1978 5

Green Bay Packers / 3rd / 79th pick / 2003

Michael Pittman 33 RB 6 218 6-0 Fresno State 8/14/1975 10

Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1998

Matt Prater 24 K 6 180 5-10 Central Florida 8/10/1984 1
Dewayne Robertson 27 DT 4 317 6-1 Kentucky 10/16/1981 5

New York Jets / 1st / 4th pick / 2003

Eddie Royal 22 WR 5 184 5-9 Virginia Tech 5/21/1986 Rook

Denver Broncos / 2nd / 42nd pick / 2008

Cliff Russell 29 WR 1 193 5-11 Utah 2/8/1979 5

Washington Redskins / 3rd / 87th pick / 2002

Tony Scheffler 25 TE 5 255 6-5 Western Michigan 2/15/1983 2

Denver Broncos / 2nd / 61st pick / 2006

Brandon Stokley 32 WR 6 197 5-11 La-Lafayette 6/23/1976 9

Baltimore Ravens / 4th / 105th pick / 1999

Marcus Thomas 23 DT 4 314 6-3 Florida 9/23/1985 1

Denver Broncos / 4th / 121st pick / 2007

Nate Webster 31 LB 6 230 6-0 Miami (FL) 11/29/1977 8

Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 90th pick / 2000

Casey Wiegmann 35 C 1 285 6-2 Iowa 7/20/1973 11
D.J. Williams 26 LB 6 247 6-2 Miami (FL) 7/20/1982 4

Denver Broncos / 1st / 17th pick / 2004

Jack Williams 23 DB 1 186 5-9 Kent State 3/27/1985 Rook
Jamie Winborn 29 LB 4 242 5-11 Vanderbilt 5/14/1979 7

San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 47th pick / 2001

Wesley Woodyard 22 4 230 6-1 7/21/1986 Rook
Selvin Young 25 RB 5 215 5-11 Texas 10/1/1983 1
Team Total 27.3 6 234.1 6-1.2 4.2