Jaleel McLaughlin is back with the Broncos. And Ja’Quan McMillian is officially back.

The Broncos on Friday re-signed McLaughlin, a running back, to a one-year contract that a source said is for the minimum base salary of $1.145 million along with a $125,000 signing bonus.

Also Friday, as first reported by The Denver Gazette, McMillian signed his one-year, $5.767 million restricted free-agent tender. It had not been expected that the cornerback would get an offer sheet that the Broncos would have to decide whether or not to match, but now his return is official.

McLaughlin, who became an unrestricted free agent Wednesday, returns for a fourth straight season with Denver. The Broncos elected not to tender McLaughlin as a restricted free agent, having deemed the $3.52 million lowest tender offer to be too high. But they were able to agree to a deal for less than that.

A source said McLaughlin’s contract is similar to the one tight end Lucas Krull recently signed with the exception of his signing bonus being $25,000 more than Krull’s $100,000 on his $1.145 million minimum deal. Krull will get a $100,000 if he makes the opening-season roster, has game bonuses of $5,000 per game and has $200,000 in additional incentives.

McLaughlin, after being undrafted, rushed for 410 yards as a rookie in 2023 and 496 in 2024. He was inactive for nine of the first 10 games in 2025, but played in the final seven and finished with 187 yards rushing on the season.

McLaughlin’s return means the Broncos have back all four of their running backs who were on the 53-man roster in 2026. They have re-signed starter J.K. Dobbins and Tyler Badie and top reserve RJ Harvey remains under contract.

As a restricted free agent, McMillian was given a second-round tender for $5.767 million, providing the Broncos a right of first refusal on any possible offer sheet. But McMillian’s agent, Deryk Gilmore, told The Denver Gazette two weeks ago he didn’t expect any team to place an offer sheet on him since it would result in that team paying a much higher salary for the cornerback and giving up a second-round pick.

McMillian has spent the past four seasons with the Broncos, and has been their primary nickel back the last three. Now that he’s officially back at least through 2026, Gilmore is hopeful of his client staying in Denver for an extended period with a contract extension.

“I would love for him to have many years with the Broncos,” Gilmore said Friday. “Hopefully we can work something out sooner than later. … Players all want to know they’re going to be somewhere for a long period of time. Ja’Quan feels Denver will be a great place to win a lot of Super Bowls So hopefully he’ll be a part of that.”

The re-signing of McLaughlin and official signing of McMillian means the Broncos now have brought back 17 of their free agents from last season. They remain the only NFL team that has yet to sign an outside free agent.

Cooper’s deal restructured

The Broncos on Friday carved out $8.2 million in additional salary-cap room with a simple restructure of outside linebacker Jonathon Cooper’s contract.

The Broncos converted $10.2 million of his base salary into a signing bonus, leaving his base salary at an NFL minimum $1.215 million for 2026. They spread the signing bonus out over four years, which included adding one void year since his last year under contract is 2028.

It was the second simple restructure of a contract this week for the Broncos. They carved out $10.9 million of additonal 2026 cap room with a move on guard Quinn Meinerz.

The Broncos also made a minor adjustment to guard Ben Powers’ contract. He was due a $500,000 bonus if still on the roster Sunday, the fifth day of the new NFL league year. That $500,000 was moved to his 2026 base salary for 2026, increasing it to $12.49 million.

Powers’ base salary in the final year of his deal remains nonguaranteed. But the Broncos are committed to keeping him.

Cooper visits Broncos

Indiana wide receiver Omar Cooper Jr. took a top-30 draft visit Friday to the Broncos.

A source said the visit went well and the Broncos definitely have interest in Cooper, who had 69 catches for 937 yards and 13 touchdowns last season for the national champion Hoosiers. The Broncos have the No. 30 pick in the first round of the draft.

It was the first draft visit for Cooper. He is next expected to visit Philadelphia, which has the No. 23 pick.