Broncos waive K.J. Hamler with non-football illness designation – The Denver Post

The Broncos will waive wide receiver K.J. Hamler with a non-football illness designation, a source confirmed with the Post on Monday.

The procedural move comes after Hamler announced on Instagram that he was diagnosed with a mild heart irritation before the start of camp. He said in his Instagram post that he is being treated with medicine and taking “a quick break” to get his health situated.

Hamler was previously placed on the active/non-football injury list, as he continued to recover from a torn pectoral muscle. The door is still open for Hamler to return to Denver later in the season.

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“I will be back on the field — better and stronger than ever — as soon as possible this season,” Hamler said “I feel great physically and this is very frustrating for me to deal with. I know most of you have heard or know of my story and these past few years what I’ve been going through on and off the field.

“It’s tough to deal with this when I was ready for a breakout year, but adversity is nothing new to me. I have been through hell and back, but it’s hard to reach paradise if you don’t go through hell first.”

Hamler, who is in the final year of his rookie contract, has played in 10 games over the past two seasons due to injuries.

In 2021, he suffered a torn ACL in Week 3. A hamstring injury forced Hamler to miss the final nine games of last season before he tore his pectoral muscle while training on his own away from the Broncos facility in March.

With Hamler out and wide receiver Tim Patrick suffering an apparent left Achilles injury during Monday’s practice, Denver is now down two wide receivers through four days of training camp.

Broncos beat reporter Parker Gabriel contributed to this story. 

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