Don't expect to see much of Chad Kelly this season.

The Denver Broncos rookie quarterback, sent to the Non-Football Injury list as he mends offseason wrist surgery, is candidate to spend 2017 on injured reserve, essentially "redshirting" his first year.

This conclusion was drawn by The Denver Post's Nicki Jhabvala and implied by 9News Broncos insider Mike Klis.

Would expect QB Chad Kelly to be on injured reserve this season. Redshirt year for him. Enters camp on non-football injury list. — Nicki Jhabvala (@NickiJhabvala) July 26, 2017

Broncos will not see much, if any of rookie QB Chad Kelly this preseason. Starting season on some sort of injury list is possible. #9sports — Mike Klis (@MikeKlis) July 26, 2017

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Kelly, the final pick of this year's NFL Draft, has shed his wrist cast and resumed throwing, but the Broncos appear to be taking a cautious approach with the mercurial signal-caller. Kelly was shipped to NFI on Monday, along with fellow rookie Jake Butt and outside linebacker Shaquil Barrett.

Klis added that Denver wants to give Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch "virtually all" of the QB reps in training camp, which begins in earnest Thursday morning. Undrafted free-agent pickup Kyle Sloter will handle third-string duties.

Kelly would not count against the team's 53-man roster limit if he were to be placed on IR.

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