From the first week of training camp, defensive end Greg Latta, an undrafted rookie from Purdue, was down with a hip injury. He never hit the Broncos’ practice field again. The Broncos waived Latta on Wednesday, trimming their roster to 89 players.

The Broncos had given the 6-foot-5, 260-pound lineman a chance and a $2,000 signing bonus in May, less than four years after he first took up the sport. He played two seasons for Purdue, recording 32 tackles and one sack in 12 games during his final season with the Boilermakers, after starring at La Quinta (Calif.) High School.

The Broncos will start cutting their roster down to 75 players on Sunday.

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