Sorry for the late drop on this one folks. Life, yanno? But it is Saturday so there’s that. With 61 Days left until kickoff we have…

#61, JJ Talo, RS Junior, OL

Headshot of a man wearing a suit and tie, smiling at the camera against a neutral background.

Stats

Height: 6′ 3″

Weight: 311

High school: Kearns HS, Kearns, UT

How’d he get to The Blue™?

Mr. Talo was a three-star defensive lineman coming out of Kearns. He did make the switch to the offensive side when joining the Broncos. He had offers from Colorado State, San Jose State, and Utah State. We saw what happened next.

Nickname

“2J”

Not very clever on this one but with an already shortened first tame, this is a way to break up the repetitive consonance.

Look-alike

A man smiling and wearing a black suit with a tie, standing in front of a promotional backdrop.

(Photo Credit: ICMMS)

Actor Michael Pena. Yeah, this is definitely a ‘hear me out’ and it’s a super-big stretch. But I think if Pena was a bit darker (or Talo a shade lighter) I think this could work.

Career Highlights

For the Broncos he’s yet to play a down. But as a junior at Kearns HS he was 6A all-state.

2025 Prospectus

Welp. Here is the thing. If the Broncos stay healthy, he’s probably not going to see the field too much. Maybe on special teams? He’d probably be ready at a moments notice but the line had a bunch of injuries last year and he still didn’t make the field (special teams or otherwise). So barring something catastrophic happening (please no) methinks Mr. Talo won’t be seeing much playing time this year.

Is he on Twi/X?

Completely made up fact

Babies don’t have kneecaps (you know, the whole developing thing) but Mr. Talo was born with (eventual) knees of steel so he will always be good to go.

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