Denver Post · Jan 30, 2025
Broncos assistant Chris Banjo lands Jets special teams job, per source
Denver Broncos coaches Chris Banjo and Logan Kilgore lead teammates onto the field before the NFL game at State Farm Stadium on August 11, 2023, in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)Two years is not a long time. But it has allowed Chris Banjo to cover a lot of ground.
His decade-long playing career as a safety and key reserve for three teams ended in 2023. He exchanged his helmet and shoulder pads for a whistle, joining Sean Payton’s Broncos staff in February of that same year. He played three seasons for Payton in New Orleans — 2016-2018 — and was long viewed as a potential coach because of his football IQ and energy.
