ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — The Denver Broncos bolstered their depth at safety on Wednesday by signing fifth-year veteran Shiloh Keo, who played 42 games with the Houston Texans and is familiar with defensive coordinator Wade Phillips’ schemes.
Keo is a graduate of Archbishop Murphy High School. He last appearance in a regular-season NFL game was in 2013.
The Broncos needed help at the position because of injuries suffered by David Bruton Jr. (knee) and Omar Bolden (hamstring) at San Diego on Sunday.
T.J. Ward missed the game with an ankle injury that is expected to sideline him again this weekend against Oakland.
That left the Broncos with two healthy safeties in Darian Stewart and Josh Bush, who was re-signed last week.
The Broncos made room for Keo, who was in training camp with the Cincinnati Bengals this summer, by releasing quarterback Christian Ponder on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, the Cleveland Browns signed tight end Connor Hamlett, a 2010 graduate of Meadowdale High School, to their practice squad on Monday.
The 6-foot-7, 259-pound Hamlett played college football at Oregon State University from 2010-14. He had 104 receptions for 1,109 yards and 10 touchdowns for the Beavers.
He went undrafted last spring and later signed as a free agent with Jacksonville, but was released near the end of training camp. Previously this season he has been on the practice squads with Philadelphia and New Orleans.
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