The No. 12 that flies on Broncos gamedays was stuck in the sand a few years back.

When RJ Harvey came to Florida speed trainer Dontarian Evans early in his career at UCF, he was “drifting,” as former Central Florida running backs coach Tim Harris Jr. remembered. He’d established himself as a threat in spring camp in 2021, only to tear his ACL. Through parts of three college seasons, he’d amassed a grand total of three carries for 3 yards. And when Evans first started working with Harvey, he saw a player who was strong, smart and had vision.

But he didn’t see confidence in Harvey’s left knee.

“We don’t have that breakaway speed, that elusiveness,” Evans recalled to The Denver Post in October. “So something has to change.”

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