Jarrett Stidham made the first two starts of his NFL career in the final two games of Las Vegas’ 2022 season. The Raiders parted ways with Derek Carr, their quarterback for the past nine years this offseason, but now the former Auburn QB has moved on, too, as Las Vegas turns to free-agent Jimmy Garoppolo as their next signal-caller.

Stidham will sign with the Denver Broncos as an unrestricted free agent when his current contract with the Raiders expires at 3 p.m. CDT Wednesday, KUSA-TV in Denver and NFL Network reported on Monday. Players with expiring contracts could begin negotiating with all NFL teams at 11 a.m. Monday.

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The Broncos are bringing in Stidham to back up Russell Wilson with a two-year, $10 million contract that includes $5 million in guaranteed money.

In his first two NFL starts, Stidham completed 53-of-83 passes for 656 yards with four touchdowns and three interceptions and ran for 84 yards on 14 carries against two of the NFL’s best teams as the Raiders lost 37-34 to the San Francisco 49ers on Jan. 1 and 31-13 to the Kansas City Chiefs on Jan. 7.

Stidham became the second player in NFL history with at least 350 passing yards and three touchdown passes in his first start.

Stidham joined the Raiders in May, when Las Vegas sent a sixth-round choice in the 2023 NFL Draft to the New England Patriots for the quarterback and a seventh-round pick. The trade reunited Stidham with Las Vegas coach Josh McDaniels, his offensive coordinator for three seasons with the Patriots.

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After two seasons at Auburn, Stidham joined the Patriots in the fourth round of the 2019 NFL Draft. In his first NFL preseason, Stidham completed 61-of-90 passes for 731 yards with four touchdowns and one interception as he led the AFC in passing yards and beat out veteran Brian Hoyer to serve as Tom Brady’s backup during the three-time NFL MVP’s final season with New England.

Stidham played in three NFL regular-season games in 2019 and five in 2020, when he backed up Cam Newton.

But in 2021, Stidham never got in a game after sustaining an offseason injury as New England went with rookie Mac Jones as its starting quarterback and Hoyer as the backup. Stidham had surgery on July 28 because of a back injury and spent the first nine weeks of the season on the reserve/physically-unable-to-perform list.

In 13 NFL regular-season games, Stidham has completed 77-of-131 passes for 926 yards with six touchdowns and seven interceptions and run for 89 yards on 14 carries.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.