BUFFALO, N.Y. — Upcoming being out of the NFL since 2019, former 2015 first-round select Shane Ray is again within the league, signing with the Buffalo Expenses later checking out on the crew’s rookie minicamp on Friday and Saturday.

The defensive finish was once picked by means of the Denver Broncos twenty third general in 2015 out of Missouri and upcoming performed for the Broncos for 4 seasons. He performed in 49 video games, foundation 15, with 14 profession sacks, 94 tackles and 33 quarterback hits. He was once at the Broncos crew that gained Tremendous Bowl 50, forcing a fumble within the recreation. Starting in 2017, Ray handled a left wrist shock and next surgical procedures.

“Words can’t describe the emotions I’m feeling right now. So many tears, sleepless nights, depression, everything that comes with losing the game. So many days of having nothing but hope while fighting a uphill battle,” Ray wrote Saturday on his Instagram.

Ray, 29, added there have been “times that I thought maybe I should give up, but I wouldn’t be me if I folded” and that “even in my darkest moments I believed in myself. I believed in my preparation. I believed that I would have another opportunity even if the world didn’t believe.”

He was once utmost with an NFL crew in 2019, going via coaching camp with the Baltimore Ravens, and spent the 2021-22 seasons with the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts, recording six sacks utmost season. Becoming a member of the Expenses, Ray will reunite with former Broncos teammate Von Miller.

The Expenses additionally signed former UCF operating again Isaiah Bowser and linebacker Travin Howard, a former 2018 seventh-round select by means of the Rams who has performed in 29 video games with Los Angeles, later rookie minicamp tryouts.