Broncos trade up, select C Luke Wattenberg with 171st-overall pick

Aric DiLalla

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. - The Broncos have traded up to acquire a center.

With the newly acquired pick, Denver selected Washington center Luke Wattenberg with the 171st-overall pick.

Denver traded No. 179 and No. 234 to the Packers in exchange for the pick.

Wattenberg was a four-year starter at Washington and earned back-to-back honorable mention All-Pac 12 honors in 2020