Olympia alum Trevor Siemian named Broncos starting QB

It has been nearly seven years since Trevor Siemian began his senior season at Olympia High, concluding a varsity career that saw the standout quarterback throw for 6,144 yards and 53 touchdowns.

On Aug. 29, Siemian was named the starting quarterback for the defending-Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos.

Siemian, in his second year in the NFL after graduating from Northwestern University, beat out veteran quarterback Mark Sanchez for the job after Peyton Manning, the Broncos’ quarterback in 2015-16, retired following Denver’s Super Bowl victory.

Siemian finished the preseason with 27 completions in 43 attempts for 285 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions, guiding the Broncos to 1.86 adjusted points per possession and 1.64 actual points per possession, the best among the three quarterbacks that vied for the starting job.

Siemian now sits ahead of both Sanchez and Paxton Lynch on the Broncos depth chart. Lynch, an alum of Deltona’s Trinity Christian and Memphis University, was a first-round draft pick by Denver and is expected to compete for the job as time goes on.

The Broncos will open the regular season Thursday, Sept. 8 against the Carolina Panthers in a rematch of this past winter’s Super Bowl. The game will kickoff at 8:30 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on NBC.

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