Okwuegbunam (hamstring) was designated to return from injured reserve Tuesday, Aric DiLalla of the Broncos' official site reports.
Okwuegbunam is thus eligible to resume practicing as of Tuesday, but because he's still on IR, the Broncos won't have to disclose the extent of his participation until he officially rejoins the 53-man roster. With that in mind, gauging whether he's on pace to play Sunday against Washington could be difficult, but whenever he's brought off IR within the next 21 days, he should step back in as the No. 2 tight end behind Noah Fant. Before he landed on IR on Oct. 9 due to his hamstring injury, Okwuegbunam recorded nine receptions for 57 yards and a touchdown on 10 targets through Denver's first four games.