NFL draft 2025: Switch to football pays off as Caleb Lohner selected by Broncos in 7th

Broncos Praised for Taking 6-foot-7 Former Basketball Star in NFL Draft

In a case of the stats don’t tell us everything, Utah tight end Caleb Lohner’s stat line in his one season of college football doesn’t look like much — 4 catches for 54 yards.In this case, theres’ a little more to it. In Lohner’s case all 4 catches were for touchdowns. That was enough for the Denver Broncos to make the 6-foot-7, 256-pound former basketball star a seventh round pick (No. 241 overall) in the 2025 NFL draft.The Broncos were a hotly…

Broncos 'excited' about draftee Caleb Lohner continuing to develop at tight end after transitioning from basketball

Broncos 'excited' about draftee Caleb Lohner continuing to develop at tight end after transitioning from basketball

Next Jimmy Graham? Or Antonio Gates? Broncos take flier on hooper-turned-TE Caleb Lohner.

The play was so ruthless in execution, so devastatingly simple in process, that Colorado defensive back DJ McKinney hit the turf and slammed his fist in frustration. In the fourth quarter of a November CU blowout win over Utah, Utes tight end Caleb Lohner isolated on the left side of the formation from the 3-yard line. He made a move, cut slightly to the outside — and then simply shoved his 250-pound backside into McKinney as if he was going for…

Broncos draft former basketball forward Lohner for tight end

After playing hoops for BYU, Baylor and Utah, Lohner gave football a go at Utah last fall.

NFL draft 2025: Switch to football pays off as Caleb Lohner selected by Broncos in 7th

Ahead of his senior season, Caleb Lohner decided to make an unusual change.

A former Utah football and basketball player gets selected by the Denver Broncos in 2025 NFL Draft

Former Utah football and basketball player Caleb Lohner was drafted by the Denver Broncos with the No. 25 pick in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft on Saturday.