Denver Broncos wide receiver Jerry Jeudy has been fined a total of $36,281 for an instance in Sunday's loss to the Kansas City Chiefs where he made contact with a referee.

Jeudy, who had only one reception for three yards at the time of the incident, felt he was held on a play, and angrily confronted one of the game's officials about it.

He was fined $23,020 for bumping into the official, and a further $13,261 for removing his helmet as part of his tirade.

The league's rules state he could have been ejected from the game for the offense, but he was allowed to remain, going on to have his best game of the season. He scored a career-high three touchdowns with his 78 yards from eight catches.

In comments to the media on Wednesday, Jeudy said he expected a fine was coming.

"I know they're going to fine me,'' he said. "It is what it is. I know the consequences of the situation and I'm going to learn from it.

"I was just – on that certain play, I got held. I was just frustrated because we didn't have things going, so I was out there playing with frustration wanting to make a play for my team. 

"I feel like at that point, I was just held and that should've been called, but I have to know how to control my anger and just move on from there.''

Head coach Nathaniel Hackett added: "He definitely knew that he was wrong. That's unacceptable. You can't do that.

"We've addressed that and I know that he knows he can't do that. I know he was very frustrated at the time, but that's just something you can't do."