The front lobby of the Broncos’ facility on Tuesday turned into a shoe carnival.
As a part of the NFL’s annual “My Cause, My Cleats,” program, 54 Broncos who are on the roster, practice squad or injured reserve received the shoes they had a hand in designing and will wear for Sunday’s game at the .
The program allows players to showcase their charitable cause. After the Texans game, 25 Broncos players will put their cleats up for auction through the team and 100% of the proceeds will be given to the players’ selected charities.
Once the players chose their cause, local artist Breanna Berry completed the project over the past month.
Several players, including cornerback , left guard Dalton Risner, safety , kicker , receiver Juwann Winfree, right guard and linebackers and will represent their foundation on the cleats.
On Harris’ cleats is printed “UNDERDOG.”
“I like the style of them — (Berry) did a great job,” he said. “(Underdog) is the message for me. I always want that message on there. In high school, I had no offers. I had to come to the NFL undrafted.”
Other notable causes: Alzheimer’s Association (quarterback Brandon Allen, tight end and linebackers Alexander Johnson and Justin Hollins), the Leukemia Research Foundation (quarterback Drew Lock), the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Denver (right tackle ) and Fuel Up to Play 60 (safety ).
Lock said one of his cousins is battling leukemia.
“I just want to be able to do this for her; itap something I really wanted to do for some people in my life,” he said.
Simmons said the program is educational for the players.
“I had no idea what most of these charities and foundations are so I’m learning and thatap one of the coolest things – you see what different guys care about,” he said.
