Nik Bonitto would tell himself to ease up if he were the ripe age of 22 again.
He was Denver’s first pick back in the 2022 NFL draft, a second-round selection out of Oklahoma. And yet Bonitto came into camp each day with a burning need to impress. To earn respect. It was too much pressure, the 25-year-old edge rusher reflected Sunday.
“I feel like now, it’s just, take it day by day,” Bonitto told reporters at his youth camp Sunday. “I mean, it’s kinda just running your own race.”
He’s earned that right after a second-team All-Pro breakout in 2024.