Haven Moses was traded from the Buffalo Bills during the 1972 Season for another Wide Receiver (Dwight Harrison), and with all due respect to Harrison, it was the Broncos who got the better end of the swap of wideouts.  Moses would be in the top nine in Yards per Reception four times with Denver and was named to the Pro Bowl in 1973.  As a Bronco, Moses would have 302 Receptions for 5,450 Yards and 44 TDs.

The Broncos chose Moses for their Ring of Fame in 1988.

Taken in the fourth round of the 1975 NFL Draft out of Minnesota, Rick Upchurch arrived in Denver as a blazingly fast athlete whose multi-purpose speed gave opposing special teams coordinators sleepless nights. While he operated as a vertical threat at wide receiver—averaging a whopping 16.4 yards per catch over his career—his true magic happened with the football in his hands on punt and kickoff returns. Whenever #80 trotted out to field a punt at Mile High, the stadium erupted in anticipation of an instant touchdown.

Upchurch took the league by storm in 1976 when he set an NFL record by returning four punts for touchdowns in a single season—a mark that remains unbroken to this day. That electrifying campaign launched a legendary run where he was named a First-Team All-Pro three times (1976, 1978, 1982) and earned four Pro Bowl nods. In 1977, his league-leading 653 punt return yards helped fuel the "Orange Crush" era all the way to Super Bowl XII, where Upchurch provided Denver's spark with a then-Super Bowl record 67-yard kickoff return that set up the team's only touchdown.

Though return duties were his primary claim to fame, Upchurch grew into a highly capable starting receiver as well. His offensive peak arrived in 1979 when he led the Broncos across the board with 64 receptions, 937 receiving yards, and seven touchdown catches. Rare versatility defined his entire nine-year run in Denver, as he led the NFL in punt return average twice (1978, 1982) and was selected to both the NFL's 1970s and 1980s All-Decade Teams—the only player in Broncos franchise history to earn inclusion on two separate All-Decade rosters.

By the time he hung up his cleats following the 1983 season, Upchurch retired as the NFL's all-time career leader in punt return yards and tied for the most career punt return touchdowns (eight). Upchurch played in 119 regular-season games with 69 starts. He compiled 267 receptions, 4,369 receiving yards, 24 receiving touchdowns, 3,008 punt return yards (8 TDs), 2,355 kickoff return yards, and 10,081 all-purpose yards.  The Broncos inducted Upchurch into their Ring of Fame in 2014.

Simon Fletcher was one of the most consistent Linebackers of the early 1990s, and from 1989 to 1993 he would have at least 10 Sacks.  A Bronco for his entire 11-year career, Fletcher would at one time share the record with ten consecutive games with a Sack, and he would have 97.5 overall.  Fletcher was never chosen for a Pro Bowl, but he was a significant part of Denver's multiple trips to the playoffs.

Fletcher entered the Broncos Ring of Fame in 2016.

Drafted in the fifth round out of Miami in 1975, Rubin Carter entered the pro ranks as a consensus All-American college defensive tackle. After landing in Colorado, he shifted to nose tackle, serving as the central anchor around which Joe Collier built Denver's legendary 3-4 "Orange Crush" defense.

Lining up directly over center, Carter’s job was unglamorous and relentless: absorb double-teams, destroy interior blocking schemes, and occupy space so linebackers like Randy Gradishar and Tom Jackson could run free to make tackles. In 1977, Sports Illustrated featured him on its cover while touting him as the ideal prototype for a 3-4 nose tackle. That breakout campaign saw him earn Second-Team All-Pro honors while anchoring a defense that carried Denver to its first AFC Championship and Super Bowl XII appearance.

Though nose tackles in 3-4 fronts rarely compiled massive box-score metrics, Carter brought surprising pass-rush push from the interior, posting a career-high 6.0 sacks in 1977 and logging another 6.5 in 1978. His durability in the middle was remarkable; he missed few games and anchored Denver’s front seven across two distinct Super Bowl eras (Super Bowl XII and Super Bowl XXI).

After hanging up his cleats, Carter transitioned to coaching, serving as Denver’s defensive line coach in the late 1980s before enjoying a long coaching career at both the collegiate and NFL levels.  As a player, he had 30 sacks.