Terrell Davis seeks to bring Mile High Salute back to Mexico in trip with ex-Broncos QB Jake Plummer
Apr. 17—Terrell Davis will return next week to Mexico City, and he just might offer a Mile High Salute.
The Hall of Fame running back unveiled the salute as a touchdown celebration during Broncos training camp in 1997. And the second preseason game Denver played that season was a 38-19 loss to the Miami Dolphins at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City.
Davis and former Broncos quarterback Jake Plummer will travel to Mexico City and to Monterrey in conjunction with the April 27-29 NFL draft. On the third day of the draft, they will announce a Denver selection along with Diana Flores, the quarterback for the Mexico Women's National Flag Football Team. The visit will also include a press conference in Mexico City on April 28, a flag football clinic and fan fest in Mexico City on April 29 and a football clinic and a fan event April 30 in Monterrey.
"I might have to roll out the salute," Davis told The Denver Gazette of when he's back in Mexico City for the first time since 1997. "I might have to bring it back down there and teach all the kids at football, when they score a touchdown, to do the Mile High Salute."
Davis began the salute as a tribute to soldiers, and said it was just getting underway when the Broncos played in Mexico City. They went on to win the Super Bowl after the 1997 season and added another championship the next year, which really popularized the celebration.
The Broncos are sending Davis and Plummer as well as cheerleaders and Miles the Mascot to Mexico as part of their continued effort to build their brand there. In 2021, the Broncos were designated as one of nine NFL teams to have the country as an "International Home Market."
"It's really going down there to promote the Broncos, and I think they have a lot of fans in Mexico," said Davis, who played for the Broncos from 1995-2001 and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2017. "I was asked to go down there and it was a no-brainer. I'm a Bronco through and through. To be able to help be an ambassador for the brand is awesome."
