The Denver Broncos signed 24-year-old offensive lineman Oliver Jervis on Thursday after losing lineman Quinn Bailey to a season-ending ankle injury.
Jervis (6-5, 305 pounds) is an undrafted rookie out of Colorado State. He spent the first five years of his college career at Monmouth University before transferring to CSU ahead of the 2023 season. Jervis started all 12 games at tackle for the Rams last fall, giving him 36 career starts at the college level. He was one of three linemen who worked out for the Broncos last week.
Bailey dislocated his right ankle and suffered a fractured fibula during Wednesday’s practice, coach Sean Payton announced. Bailey will undergo surgery next week after being placed on season-ending IR.
“There are two parts to the injury,” Payton said. “He dislocated his ankle and he fractured his fibula, the smaller bone a little further up. Next week — I don’t have the day yet, but he’ll have the ankle surgery and there’s probably a good chance they’ll just leave the fibula and let it heal, but they’ll look at that.
“The main injury is the ankle, so he’ll have that done next week. He was put on reserve injured and then we signed the young offensive lineman we had out in camp from Colorado State, Oliver.
Each team can designate up to two players to return from IR on roster cutdown day. Because Bailey was placed on IR at this point in the offseason, he won’t be eligible to return during the 2024 season.
Denver linebacker Drew Sanders (Achilles) could be a candidate to be placed on IR when the Broncos set their initial 53-man roster later this month (Aug. 27).
