To the players who will be in the Browns\u2019 plans, this weekend is just an early introduction and orientation session. Signed rookies will join the team\u2019s offseason conditioning program next week, and the first organized team activity practice will be held May 19. Concepcion will play with the starters then. Spencer Fano was drafted at No. 9 to be the team\u2019s immediate and long-term left tackle. The second-rounders, wide receiver Denzel Boston and McNeil-Warren, will eventually push for playing time, too.<\/p>\n
Concepcion had a knee scope in March. Monken said the Browns will be careful with Concepcion\u2019s workload if necessary, but he said the team feels good about Concepcion\u2019s status and that his knee is \u201cgreat.\u201d Concepcion almost made a circus catch on a deep ball from sixth-round quarterback Taylen Green late in practice Friday, but the ball fell to the ground as Concepcion landed. Concepcion also dropped a pass early in individual drills. The Browns drafted the 21-year-old for his explosiveness and believe he can overcome the drop issues that plagued him throughout his college career. There will be no final judgments made on his progress this spring, and it\u2019s clear that the Browns want him to be an immediate contributor.<\/p>\n
Right now, everybody\u2019s just getting started.<\/p>\n
Familiar faces<\/p>\n
Outside of four players who spent at least part of 2025 with the Browns but are eligible to participate this weekend, Friday marked the first time any of the participants had been in a practice with the team. But Fano saw a familiar face during some of his reps as his older brother, Logan, signed with the Browns as an undrafted defensive end. The Browns started their draft with Spencer Fano and then closed it by securing a commitment from Logan, who also played with his younger brother at Utah.<\/p>\n
Spencer Fano said his brother had narrowed his post-draft decision to \u201ctwo or three teams\u201d and that \u201ceverybody was crying\u201d in the family living room when Logan announced that he\u2019d decided on Cleveland.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, everybody was crying,\u201d Logan said. \u201cEverybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Four participants in this weekend\u2019s minicamp attended Timpview High School in Provo, Utah: Both Fano brothers, seventh-round tight end Carsen Ryan and tryout defensive tackle Braxton Fely.<\/p>\n
Though most of the full-team reps Friday were conducted at jog-through speed amid typical May sloppiness, it was notable that Ryan took some fullback reps. The Browns signed 34-year-old fullback Michael Burton after the draft, but Burton missed last season due to injury. Ryan said he played \u201ca lot\u201d of H-back and fullback during his college career at UCLA, Utah and BYU. For now, we\u2019re viewing the Browns\u2019 fullback options as Burton, Ryan and defensive tackle Adin Huntington, who played fullback in some special packages last season.<\/p>\n
As expected, Boston and Concepcion were at the front of every wide receiver line. When the Browns lined up in full-team situations, Spencer Fano was at left tackle and third-round pick Austin Barber was at right tackle. This summer, Barber will compete to become the top backup at both tackle spots. Green took the vast majority of the quarterback reps, and the rest went to tryout player Bryson Barnes.<\/p>\n
Numbers game<\/p>\n
With 16-man practice squads. 17-game seasons and the Browns going young \u2014 at least partially by both design and necessity at this stage of their rebuild \u2014 every spot on the 90-man offseason roster holds some significance. While the Browns\u2019 invitation of 25 tryout players to participate this weekend is mostly about filling out position groups to keep practice moving, the team is also evaluating current and future options at multiple spots.<\/p>\n
The most notable \u2014 and most experienced \u2014 player in this weekend\u2019s tryout group is wide receiver Jalen Reagor, a first-round pick in 2020 who has played for four different NFL franchises. Just based on his opportunities from one practice, undrafted rookie tryout wide receiver Aaron Anderson might eventually warrant a longer look. The only wide receiver in the team\u2019s undrafted rookie class currently is Kole Wilson, whose chances to stick will come via the return game.<\/p>\n
\u201cCertainly, with most of the tryout guys you\u2019re bringing in younger players,\u201d Monken said. \u201cBut obviously we want to take a look at Jalen. He does have a skill set, and I thought he did a great job today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Usually, a couple tryout players from rookie minicamp get the chance to sign at some point over the days and weeks that follow. The Browns will need at least 15 available offensive linemen for their OTA sessions and could end up adding more wide receivers to accommodate four quarterbacks, all of whom are competing and being evaluated on some level. The team can have up to 10 OTA sessions over the three-week period beginning May 19. The formal offseason program wraps up with a mandatory minicamp from June 9 through 11.<\/p>\n
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\n The Browns could need more receivers to accommodate their four quarterbacks, including rookie Taylen Green. (Nick Cammett \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Owusu-Koramoah sidelined again<\/p>\n
The Browns placed linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah on the reserve\/physically unable to perform list, which means Owusu-Koramoah again won\u2019t play in 2026 \u2014 and probably can be taken as a sign that Owusu-Koramoah likely won\u2019t play again.<\/p>\n
Owusu-Koramoah was a Pro Bowler in 2023 and signed an extension with the Browns in 2024 before he suffered a serious neck injury in a collision with Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry. Owusu-Koramoah also spent last season on the physically unable to perform list.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, Browns general manager Andrew Berry said he was \u201cnot overly optimistic\u201d that Owusu-Koramoah would play football again.\u00a0 The Browns used a second-round pick in 2025 on linebacker Carson Schwesinger, who became the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year. Over the last two months, the Browns have added veteran linebacker Quincy Williams and selected linebacker Justin Jefferson out of Alabama in the fifth round.<\/p>\n
More comings and goings<\/p>\n
A busy day of churning the bottom of the roster culminated with the Browns claiming defensive tackle Elijah Chatman via waivers a day after Chatman was waived by the New York Giants. Chatman stuck with the Giants as an undrafted free agent in 2024 and played in 22 games over two seasons.<\/p>\n
The Browns designated punter Nik Constantinou as the team\u2019s roster-exempt international player. Constantinou will essentially be player No. 91 on the 90-man offseason roster and, at least for the spring and training camp, gives the Browns a free tryout\/camp leg. The team re-signed punter Corey Bojorquez in March to a one-year deal after Bojorquez briefly hit free agency.<\/p>\n
Bojorquez has been pretty good but also overworked; he\u2019s led the NFL in punts in each of the last two seasons.\u00a0Constantinou signed a futures contract with the Browns in January; he\u2019s a left-footed former Australian football player who punted at Texas A&M and in the CFL before joining the Browns.<\/p>\n
Punter Wes Pahl was a member of the team\u2019s 12-man undrafted rookie class, and Pahl can try to make enough of an impression to stick around for at least part of the offseason. Bojorquez is a known commodity and an eight-year veteran, so the offseason can be used to evaluate future options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BEREA, Ohio \u2014 Everybody\u2019s new at the Cleveland Browns rookie minicamp. For a stretch during Friday\u2019s instruction-based practice,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":784593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[1544,1318,1317,1315,1316,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-784592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ncaa-football","8":"tag-cleveland-browns","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-football","12":"tag-ncaafootball","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116545519242852291","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/784593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}