[1] On March 14, 2014, he attended Boise State's pro day, but opted to stand on his combine numbers and only ran positional drills.

At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, Paradis was projected to be a seventh round pick or priority undrafted free agent by NFL draft experts and scouts.

[8] Throughout training camp, Paradis competed against Gino Gradkowski for the vacant starting center role after Manny Ramirez and Will Montgomery both departed during free agency.

[11] Head coach Gary Kubiak named Paradis the starting center to begin the regular season.

[12] He made his first career start and professional regular season debut in the Denver Broncos' season-opening 19–13 victory over the Baltimore Ravens.

Paradis started all 16 regular season games and helped the Broncos attain a 12–4 record and finish atop the AFC West.

[17] On March 7, 2017, the Denver Broncos signed Paradis to his exclusive rights tender under the terms of one-year, $615,000 contract.

[8][18] Paradis missed organized team activities and the beginning of training camp after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on both his hips during the offseason.

[16] Head coach Vance Joseph named Paradis the starting center to begin the regular season, ahead of Connor McGovern and Dillon Day.