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Bo Nix ‘deserves the jersey wearers’ as plenty of fans don No. 10 for first day of Broncos training camp

By Chris Tomasson July 25, 2025 | updated 4 days ago

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Broncos fans Will Nelson (in No. 3 jersey) and Brook Steinbach at the first day of Broncos training camp on Friday at Broncos Park in Englewood. (Chris Tomasson/The Denver Gazette)

Chris Tomasson chris.tomasson@gazette.com

ENGLEWOOD – When avid Broncos fan Brock Steinbach met his buddy Friday to attend the first training camp practice, he was taken aback.

Steinbach, 17, was decked out in a No. 10 Bo Nix jersey as a nod to Denver’s second-year quarterback. He saw Will Nelson, 17, come out of his house wearing a No. 3 Russell Wilson Broncos jersey.

“I hate it,’’ Steinbach said. “It looks ugly. It will stand out a lot.”

Wilson was Denver’s starting quarterback in 2022 and 2023, having a disastrous first season but looking better in his second one. Still, he was released in March 2024, and the Broncos took an $85 million salary-cap hit, which Steinbach called “100% the right move.” Denver then selected Nix with the No. 12 pick in the first round of the draft, and he had a banner rookie year.

Needless to say, that No. 3 Wilson jersey stood out in the stands alongside a sea of Nix jerseys as Denver opened camp at Broncos Park. Let Nelson, like Steinbach, a rising senior at Cherry Creek High School, explain why he wore it.

“That’s the only one I had,’’ he said about a Broncos jersey. “But I’m a Seattle Seahawks fan.”

Wilson had starred wearing No. 3 for the Seahawks from 2012-21. After playing last season with Pittsburgh, he is now with the New York Giants.

Another fan when asked about Nelson wearing a Wilson jersey said with a laugh, “Big mistake.” Nelson said he will be attending a future Broncos practice and instead will wear a Wilson Seahawks jersey.

At last year’s first day of training camp, with Nix battling Jarrett Stidham to be the opening-game starter and eventually winning the job, there were about 50 Nix jerseys sighted among the approximately 2,000 fans on hand.

On Friday, with attendance limited to about 800 fans in bleachers due to ongoing construction at Broncos Park, fan Jim Denning estimated about 100 wore Nix jerseys. Denver outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper sure noticed them.

“He’s definitely becoming a name for sure, but he’s earned that,’’ Cooper said. “He’s earned that just from his work, from his leadership, from being a young guy coming into the league and taking on the pressure like he has and carrying it with great poise. So yes, he definitely deserves the love, definitely deserves the jersey wearers and all that cool stuff.”

Nix last year threw for 3,775 yards and 29 touchdowns. He led the Broncos to a 10-7 mark, their first winning season since 2016, and to the playoffs for the first time since they won Super Bowl 50 in the 2015 season.

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Broncos fans Steve Merich, left and Jim Denning watch the first day of Broncos training camp on Friday at Broncos Park in Englewood.

Chris Tomasson chris.tomasson@gazette.com

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Broncos fans Steve Merich, left and Jim Denning watch the first day of Broncos training camp on Friday at Broncos Park in Englewood. 






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“We’re out of the long dark tunnel,’’ Denning, 62, of Kingsburg, Colo., a season-ticket holder for 40 years, said of the Broncos having had quarterback issues since Peyton Manning retired after the 2015 season. “It was a bad stretch.”

Denning was sitting next to his friend Steve Merich, 58, of Brighton. Merich was wearing a Nix No. 10 T-shirt he got when the Broncos were 0-2 last season, and he was preparing to attend their game at Tampa Bay in Week 3. Nix had a breakout showing in a 26-7 Broncos win, starting a three-game winning streak.

“I wasn’t a believer (before that game), but, boy, he has developed into quite, I’d say, a great quarterback,’’ Merich said.

Michael Huntley, 58, a season-ticket holder from Castle Rock, said he wanted to wait until he saw more of Nix before plopping down a bunch of bucks for a No. 10 jersey. When he saw a good deal on one shortly after the season, he scooped it up for $130 and wore it with pride Friday.

“My son bought one right away last year out of the gate, and I got a (cornerback Patrick Surtain II No. 2) jersey,’’ Huntley said of Adam Huntley, 25, purchasing a throwback Nix jersey before last season for $220. “He said, ‘I’m going all in on Bo Nix,’ and I’m like, ‘Come on, man, ‘That’s pretty risky.’ That was a case of the son led the father.”

Nix looked good during the first day of camp, spreading the ball all over the field to a multitude of receivers. Tight end Evan Engram, signed as a free agent in March, had a strong day catching the ball.

“I’m very impressed with (Nix),’’ Engram said. “(I’m) very blessed to be part of his team and be his teammate.”

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From left: Evan, Stephanie and Max Muckel at the first day of Broncos training camp on Friday at Broncos Park in Englewood.

Chris Tomasson chris.tomasson@gazette.com

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From left: Evan, Stephanie and Max Muckel at the first day of Broncos training camp on Friday at Broncos Park in Englewood.
 






Also impressed with Nix is Evan Muckel, 14, of Arvada. He sat in the stands wearing the No. 10 Nix jersey he got for Christmas last year.

“He’s been a a big Bo Nix fan since he came to the franchise,’’ said Evan’s mother, Stephanie Muckel, seated next to him. “He was pretty stoked (when getting it).’’

Also on hand was Evan’s brother Max, who was also wearing a No. 10 Broncos jersey. But it was hand-me-down one he got from Evan with the name on the back of Jerry Jeudy, a wide receiver who wore No. 10 with Denver from 2000-03. Max then revealed he actually is a Kansas City Chiefs fan because, “I like to make my family mad.”

Max at least had the sense not to wear a Chiefs jersey to the first day of training camp. That would have gotten a lot more second glances than a Wilson jersey.

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Broncos Quarterback Bo Nix warms up with the team during training camp on Friday, July 25, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)

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Broncos Quarterback Bo Nix warms up with the team during training camp on Friday, July 25, 2025. (Stephen Swofford, Denver Gazette)






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