Lloyd Cushenberry III (born November 22, 1997) is an

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

center for the

Denver Broncos The Denver Broncos are a professional American football franchise based in Denver. The Broncos compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The team is headquart ...

of the

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the ...

(NFL). He played

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football rules first gained popularity in the United States. Unlike most ...

LSU Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 near ...

Early life and high school

Cushenberry grew up in

Carville, Louisiana Carville is a neighborhood of St. Gabriel in Iberville Parish in South Louisiana, located sixteen miles south of the capital city of Baton Rouge on the Mississippi River. Carville was the childhood hometown of political consultant James Carville, ...

and attended Dutchtown High School. Cushenberry initially committed to play college football at

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, but de-committed before choosing LSU.

College career

Cushenberry

redshirted Redshirt, in United States college athletics, is a delay or suspension of an athlete's participation in order to lengthen their period of eligibility. Typically, a student's athletic eligibility in a given sport is four seasons, aligning with the ...

his true freshman season. As a redshirt freshman, Cushenberry played in 11 total games with six games played on offense. Cushenberry entered his redshirt sophomore year as the Tigers' starting center. Cushenberry was named first-team All- SEC as a redshirt junior. Following the end of the season, Cushenberry announced that he would forgo his final season to enter the

2020 NFL Draft The 2020 NFL Draft was the 85th annual meeting of National Football League (NFL) franchises to select newly eligible players for the 2020 NFL season. The first round was held on April 23, followed by the second and third rounds on April 24. The d ...

Professional career

Cushenberry was selected by the

with the 83rd overall pick in the third round of the

. Cushenberry was named the Broncos starting center going into his rookie season. He made his NFL debut on September 14, 2020 when he started in the season opener against the Tennessee Titans. Cushenberry finished his rookie season starting all 16 games and playing in every single offensive snap. On November 8, 2022, Cushenberry was placed on injured reserve after suffering a groin strain. According to Cushenberry, Denver “kept him on IR after he had recovered from his groin injury," and the Broncos did not reactivate him because he was third string.

References

External links

LSU bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cushenberry, Lloyd 1997 births Living people People from Ascension Parish, Louisiana Players of American football from Louisiana Dutchtown High School (Louisiana) alumni American football offensive guards LSU Tigers football players Denver Broncos players