In the wake of the NFL draft, the Denver Broncos signed 15 college free agents and invited a few more guys to try out at rookie minicamp on May 9-11. One of those college free-agent pickups was Kansas linebacker JB Brown, who garnered a $150,00 guarantee and a $10,000 signing bonus.
Brown was a prolific player at Kansas, totaling 126 tackles over his two seasons there. He played three years at Bowling Green prior to transferring to Kansas. All in all, he appeared in 55 career collegiate games.The 6-foot-2, 230-pound Brown ultimately chose to sign with the Broncos because of the fit, guaranteed money, and relative opportunity.
“It was a good fit for me, and (the Broncos) showed a lot of interest with the guaranteed money,” Brown told The Denver Gazette’s Chris Tomasson. “I feel like I have a good chance to make the 53-man roster.”
But make no mistake; Brown knows that for him to win in Denver, someone else has to lose. Such is the nature of competition.
“It’s a business at this point,’’ Brown said via Tomasson. “To take somebody’s job, that’s what I came to do.JB ‘The Barber’ Brown is also renowned for his hair-cutting skills, a talent he cultivated during the pandemic, per Tomasson. Perhaps Brown can repurpose that moniker. Instead of lowering your ears, he’ll take your head off.
“I can bring a lot with special teams and on defense,” Barber said via Tomasson. “I’m a good, solid blitzer and at Bowling Green, I was in a very similar defense. I think I’ll fit in perfectly.”
The lay of the land in Denver is fortuitous for Barber, if he can realize his “business” talk and take someone’s job. Even before new free-agent Dre Greenlaw suffered a concerning quad injury while working out, beyond him and Alex Singleton, the Broncos’ linebacker corps faced many questions
