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          Meet Trevor Siemian: The QB who will replace Peyton Manning

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          • Jeff Legwold, ESPN Senior WriterAug 22, 2016, 09:45 PM
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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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          ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Trevor Siemian won the job as starting quarterback for the defending Super Bowl champion.

          Siemian wrapped up the job with a solid performance against the Los Angeles Rams Saturday. He will start for the Denver Broncos on Sept. 8 against the Carolina Panthers.

          Here are five things to know about the second-year quarterback:

          • The Windermere, Florida, native was a seventh-round pick by the Broncos in the 2015 draft. His regular-season playing time with the Broncos, after one year as Peyton Manning’s apprentice, amounts to one snap -- a kneel-down play on Dec. 20 to close out the first half against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

          • He started only three games in his first three seasons at Northwestern before making 11 starts as a senior until he tore his ACL on Nov. 11, 2014, against Purdue. In those 14 career starts, he finished fourth all time in school history in passing yardage (5,931) and seventh in career passing touchdowns (27).

          • As he rebounded from his ACL surgery, Siemian put himself on the Broncos’ radar in the team’s 2015 training camp when he threw two touchdowns among his 23 attempts in the preseason.

          • He kept himself on the Broncos' radar with his arm strength and progress in the offense. He was the team’s No. 2 quarterback for six games last season as Manning recovered from a foot injury. The Broncos briefly brought in Christian Ponder, but in a matters of days chose Siemian to be the backup down the stretch in a Super Bowl run.

          • Siemian has taken the long way to the doorstep of being the starting quarterback for the defending Super Bowl champion. As a senior at Olympia (Florida) High School, he was the 31st-ranked player in the state and the 33rd-ranked quarterback nationally by SuperPrep. He also played baseball and was voted Mr. Olympia by his senior classmates (future nickname alert if all goes well).