Ja’Quan McMillian has a competitive fire that burns with the energy of 1,000 suns.
“If I see something I want,” the Broncos cornerback tells me, “I have to go get it — every time.”
How does a 5-foot-10, 180-pound, undrafted, East Carolina no-name carve a path to the NFL?
Easy: It’s that competitive fire — which he says comes from his late father, Stephan McMillian.
“My dad… he’s the reason I’m even in sports at all,” ’J-Mac’ says.
From Rod Smith to Chris Harris Jr., Broncos history is blessed with a glorious list of undrafted gems. The latest is McMillian, a special kind of go-getter you want on your team in part because you don’t want to play against him.
Denver plays at Kansas City Sunday. Will the most underrated player on Denver’s defense record his first interception of the great Patrick Mahomes at Arrowhead Stadium? Standby.
But it still …