In the span of one red-zone snap on Sunday, the weight of the Broncos’ defensive game plan shifted squarely upon the shoulders of a 24-year-old cornerback who’s played the position for about five total years.
Coming out of high school, the 5-foot-11 Kris Abrams-Draine received offers from many of the best programs in the country to play wideout. He wanted to play wideout. He went to Mizzou, eventually, to play wideout.
But one offer from former Auburn coach Gus Malzahn still sticks in his craw, all these years later — the only offer Abrams-Draine had to play defensive back.