Broncos may have gone too far with this rookie’s rat haircut

One of the most common pieces of hazing in the NFL, outside of the training camp talent show, is the rookie haircut, in which the professional football players turn into amateur barbers and butcher the hair of their newest teammates.
These are generally funny and good-natured and resulted in Tim Tebow briefly sporting a monk’s tonsure back in his first season with the Broncos. This year Denver went even further, shaving a rat into the head of Connor McGovern in what is likely the worst, or best, haircut in training camp history.
Strong alone. Unstoppable together.... buuuut defense won in bowling tonight. 💪🏿🎳 #Horsepower #NiceHairRookie 😜 pic.twitter.com/LwOieKDBjn
— D-Ware (@DeMarcusWare) August 17, 2016
Rookie haircut day for the Broncos, Kapri Bibbs shared a few on snapchat 😂 pic.twitter.com/Kxvm2I1y4r
— RK (@RyanKoenigsberg) August 16, 2016
In the clip above you can see the Broncos also brought back the hairdo sported by Tebow for their team bowling night. Unfortunately the team forgot to try out the innovative “handprint haircut” the Colts rolled out a few seasons ago.
GALLERY: NFL ROOKIE HAZING THROUGH THE YEARS
NFL Rookie Hazing Through the Years
Tim Tebow

Jon Beason

Von Miller

Rashad Jennings, Tiquan Underwood and Zach Miller

Michael Vick

Alterraun Verner

Doug Free

Odell Beckham

Kevin Barnes and Robert Henson

Jimmy Garoppolo

Lucas Nix

As training camp begin to open, SI.com looks back at NFL rookie hazing through the years.
Tom Brady

Tom Brady

LeGarrette Blount

Kyle Newhall-Caballero

Patrick Trahan

Chas Alecxih

Joel Hale

Olivier Vernon

Patrick Ramsey and Steve Spurrier

Phil Costa and Will Barker

J.D. Walton

Travis Ivey

Jason Smith

Tom Brandstater and Blake Schlueter

Jason Chery

Carolina Panthers

Mike Elgin, Justin Rogers and Clint Oldenburg

Jarvis Moss

Zach West and Oscar Lua

Tim Crowder

Pat McQuistan and Dennis Roland

Rob Ninkovich

New England Patriots

Reggie Poole

Taylor Whitley

Jamal Brooks

Jason Gamble, Ben Adams, Zach Piller and Ian Rafferty

Michael Hawthorne

Stephen Gostkowski

Jamal Brooks

Brady Quinn

Sammy Watkins

Stephen Houston

Jordan Sulten

Detroit Lions

Detroit Lions

Joel Hale

DeMarcus Ware

Training camps run the constant risk of information overload for followers of the NFL news cycle: Rosters balloon to a maximum of 90, players are held out of practice with mysterious injuries, the media relays context-free stats and success rates from obscure camp drills and coaches do everything they can to keep from saying anything interesting. And that’s all before the preseason games themselves, a notoriously frustrating tease for the real action that begins in September.