Sean Payton is nothing if not a historian.
His lessons are usually built upon stories from his many years in New Orleans, usually revolving around a cast of central characters: Drew Brees, Pierre Thomas, Cameron Jordan and the like.
On the Thursday before the Broncos’ final preseason game in a reunion with New Orleans, though, Payton reached back even further for a name lost to history: Bashir Levingston, who played two NFL seasons with the New York Giants from 1999-2000.
In the final week of the ’99 preseason, with a single spot on the Giants’ initial roster up for grabs, undrafted Levingston ran back a kickoff for a touchdown.