Jacob Hester gets a congratulations from coach John Fox after his TD against Arizona last week. (Jack Dempsey, The Associated Press)
The Broncos called running back/fullback Jacob Hester at about 11 p.m. Saturday. It was not with good news. The team informed Hester he was released.
The 5-foot-11, 225-pound Hester was the Broncos only fullback and had made the initial 53-man roster.
After playing four seasons with the San Diego chargers, Hester was cut at this time last year and signed in late-November with the Broncos. He played in three regular-season games for the Broncos and their playoff loss against Baltimore.
“I’m a little bit surprised, a little shocked,” Hester said Sunday morning. He had just signed a lease on a place Saturday.
The Broncos are expected to soon sign a player at another position to their 53-man roster.
The Broncos now have four tailbacks on their roster: Montee Ball, Knowshon Moreno, Ronnie Hillman and C.J. Anderson, who is out another two to four weeks with a sprained medical collateral ligament in his right knee.
