Photos for Headline Surfer / Paxton Lynch, the Memphis Tigers QB drafted in the first round by the Denver Broncos, has a strong Central Florida connection.DELTONA, Fla. -- Delton'a Paxton Lynch has gone from relative obscurity to the No. 26 pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL Draft for the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos who were starved for a quarterback.
Denver needed a quarterback of the future with the off-season retirement of Peyton Manning and heir-apparent Brock Osweiler signing with the Houston Texans.
"It was obviously the greatest feeling," Lynch said shortly after the pick in a statement released by the Broncos. "This was a dream come true for me. The Denver Bronco organization is obviously one of the best in the league."
The 6-foot-7 Lynch, played quarterback for the Deltona Trinity Christian Academy Eagles before enrolling at Memphis and becoming the signal caller.
Denver needed a quarterback of the future with the off-season retirement of Peyton Manning and heir-apparent Brock Osweiler signing with the Houston Texans.
"It was obviously the greatest feeling," Lynch said shortly after the pick in a statement released by the Broncos. "This was a dream come true for me. The Denver Bronco organization is obviously one of the best in the league."
The 6-foot-7 Lynch, played quarterback for the Deltona Trinity Christian Academy Eagles before enrolling at Memphis and becoming the signal caller.
Lynch will compete with Mark Sanchez, formerly with the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles, who was signed after Osleiler bolted to the Texans as a free agent.
Lynch was the third quarterback drafted after Jared Goff and Carson Wentz were selected with the first two picks, by the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles, respectively.
The Broncos traded up with the Seattle Seahawks to take Lynch.
"It was always his dream was always to go to the NFL," said David Lynch, the quarterback's father.