((HT: Denver Post/Mike Klis))
The Broncos are returning No. 27 to the field.
Last worn Dec. 31, 2006, by cornerback Darrent Williams ((pictured, thanks Getty Images file)), the number will go to running back Knowshon Moreno, the Broncos' first draft choice.
Moreno personally called Rosalind Williams, Darrent's mother, earlier this week to ask if he could wear the number. Rosalind gave her blessing. Darrent Williams was killed in a drive-by shooting Jan. 1, 2007, hours after playing in the Broncos' final regular-season game.
Moreno wore No. 24 at the University of Georgia, but that number belongs to Champ Bailey with the Broncos.
Moreno first met Rosalind in mid-February when he was choosing an agent. Rosalind was endorsing Darrent's agent, Jeffrey Griffin, who has helped her through her
son's tragedy. Although Moreno ultimately picked agent Tom Condon, the running back was touched enough by his meeting with Rosalind to seek her approval before wearing No. 27.
The only condition placed on Moreno by the family is that he spend a few hours each month at the Darrent Williams Teen Center. The center was opened in a low-income section of Denver last May to help area youth.
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