Broncos inside linebacker Jordan Turner cleared a non-football injury designation, returns to practice

The Denver Broncos received an early August update on the health status of inside linebacker Jordan Turner. The team announced that Turner has passed his physical and has been removed from the Non-Football Injury list, and that he has returned to practice.

For an NFL roster, the Non-Football Injury list is one of the mechanisms teams use to track players who are dealing with injuries or medical conditions that occurred outside of team-organized football activities. Moving off that list after a physical is typically the clearest internal confirmation that a player is medically cleared to resume full participation, subject to normal practice management.

Turner’s return gives the Broncos additional options in the linebacker room at a time when depth and timing matter. Training camp periods place emphasis on repetition, coverage looks, and assignment work, especially for players who can rotate across different run-and-pass responsibilities. With the team confirming his practice status, Denver can now evaluate Turner’s role during drills and team periods rather than planning around a list designation.

The Broncos’ announcement came on Monday from team headquarters in Englewood, Colorado. In addition to noting that Turner has passed his physical, Denver specified that the linebacker has been removed from the Non-Football Injury list, which indicates that the prior designation was tied to an injury matter handled through the team’s medical and roster management processes.

While the move is straightforward on paper, it can still shift day-to-day planning. Players returning from list designations may see limited snaps at first, and coaches often balance a player’s participation with workload considerations, especially when a player’s clearance follows a medical evaluation. The team did not describe the nature of Turner’s underlying issue in the announcement, so the practical takeaway is about clearance status and practice availability, not the cause or timeline of the injury itself.

As Denver continues camp preparation, Turner’s participation in subsequent practices will be the next benchmark. The most immediate thing to watch is how quickly he is integrated into linebacker duties across different packages, and whether he maintains his practice presence as camp moves forward. For Broncos fans, this update also matters as a sign that the team’s internal readiness is improving, not just that a player is “back,” but that he is cleared to work.

Turner’s status bears watching into the later stages of camp because training-camp reps and consistency often influence how coaches sort out roles before preseason games begin. The NFL’s early-season depth chart is shaped by who can execute assignments consistently, and a cleared, practicing inside linebacker is directly relevant to those evaluation decisions.