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          Jalen Virgil's first career catch results in 66-yard TD for Broncos at Titans

          • Jeff Legwold, ESPN Senior WriterNov 13, 2022, 02:20 PM ET
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              Jeff Legwold is a senior writer who covers the Denver Broncos and the NFL at ESPN. Jeff has covered the Broncos for more than 20 years, joining ESPN in 2013. He also assists with NFL draft coverage, including his annual top 100 prospects. Jeff has been a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Board of Selectors since 1999. He has attended every scouting combine since 1987.
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          NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- For the second time this season a Denver Broncos rookie turned his first career reception into a touchdown when wide receiver Jalen Virgil had a 66-yard catch-and-run score to give the Broncos a 7-0 lead over the Tennessee Titans in Nissan Stadium on Sunday. Rookie tight end Greg Dulcich also scored a touchdown on his first career reception earlier this season.

          On a third-and-6 from the Broncos' 34-yard line with just over eight minutes remaining in the first half, Broncos quarterback Russell Wilson escaped pressure and found Virgil running free up the left sideline.

          The speedy Virgil easily out-raced the Titans defenders for the score. Virgil has been active for just one game this season -- the Broncos' Oct. 30 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars in London -- but did not play a snap.

          With KJ Hamler out with a hamstring injury, Virgil was in the lineup from the Broncos' first play. And with Jerry Jeudy suffering a left ankle injury on the Broncos' opening play, Virgil was in a regular rotation.