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Denver Broncos tender contract to former CFL all-star Diontae Spencer for 2021 NFL season

by
3Down Staff
March 10, 2021

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Former CFL all-star Diontae Spencer has been tendered a contract for the 2021 NFL season from the Denver Broncos, according to 9News reporter Mike Klis.

Klis reports Spencer will receive an $850,000 salary that is the minimum for players with two years of service time — a $100,000 increase from last year’s minimum for second-year players thanks to the new collective bargaining agreement.

Spencer returned 16 punts for 253 yards and one touchdown, it was an 83-yard score for the first TD of his NFL career. He added 15 kick-off returns for 281 yards. The 28-year-old ranked second in the league with a 15.8 punt return average. The Broncos used him on offence, rushing three times for 19 yards and catching three passes for 26 yards.

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After earning the main returner role in the Mile High City in 2019, Spencer had 26 punt returns for 208 yards, including two 20-plus yarders and one 40-plus yarder along with 15 kick-off returns for 436 yards, three over 40 yards. He caught six passes for 31 yards with a long of 20 on offence.

Through two seasons in the NFL, Spencer has earned over $1.1 million.

The McNeese State University product had his first 1,000-yard receiving season in 2018. He earned a CFL all-star nod for the first time in his career while recording 2,691 total yards and eight touchdowns. In 2017 Spencer set a new CFL single-game mark with 496 all-purpose yards in one game.