How Denver Broncos QB Russell Wilson keeps his offseason from being a distraction – Denver Broncos Blog

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Hey look, Russell Wilson is throwing out the first pitch at the Colorado Rockies game.

No wait, he’s celebrating a Colorado Avalanche win, pompom in hand, the team’s home ice in the background.

Or he’s in Monaco, mingling with the storied Grand Prix’s who’s-who, A-list faithful.

Don’t look now, he’s giving the commencement address at Dartmouth. Or posing for photos, handing out the high-fives and coaching at his passing camp, visiting patients at Children’s Hospital.

In short, the Denver Broncos quarterback, acquired in a franchise-altering trade this past March, has been everywhere over the past four months. But those who have been around him say he has not let the football part of the equation suffer.

“He’s all over the place, man,” said Broncos guard Dalton Risner, a native of Wiggins, Colorado. “I grew up here, I know what it’s like when the Broncos have a quarterback and a leader like that. But Russell, you can tell he wants to lead, on the field, in the community and he’s going to be out there.”

“When you’re making $30 million a year, you can get a private jet to get you around to wherever you want,” running back Melvin Gordon III, a teammate of Wilson’s for one season at Wisconsin, said with a laugh. “It’s really easy to do that. [But] he’s all about football, though. He’s locked in, and there is no other way to put it. … He comes in at 6:30 in the morning and he’s tapped in. He’s going over stuff with young guys, with older guys. He’s really trying to change the feel around here.”

Wilson’s desire to quickly become part of his new community only seems to inspire him to push all the more when a football in his hands.

“It’s funny, when it first started, you’re like, ‘Whoa, are you going to be able to pick this stuff up? Are we going to be able to own the offense like we want to?'” Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett asked. “But he does such a great job of surrounding himself with great people that help him out so he can still do all of these…