"[W]e felt like moving back would ... give us flexibility to do what we want to do," Broncos GM George Paton said.

Of their original set, the only pick Denver actually used was No. 20 on Texas cornerback Jahdae Barron. The Broncos actually considered trading back from there, too, Paton said Thursday night, to take a running back (Ohio State’s TreVeyon Henderson, sources said) later in the first round.

How good was the Denver Broncos' 2025 NFL Draft? What did they get right and what did they mess up? From the college football perspective, here's the analysis of the draft class.