CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns have set their 53-man roster ahead of a 4 p.m. Tuesday deadline, dropping 27 players from training camp.
The roster could fluctuate some before the season opener with injuries and free agent signings. The Browns will also be tasked with adding a 16-player practice roster.
“It’s the initial 53, it’s not necessarily the final 53,” Browns General Manager Andrew Berry said. “There are certain injury situations, certain position groups where you are still juggling the dynamics over the course of the next several days. It is fluid and it’s not just fluid within this first week. Roster building really is a 365-day-a-year process and it will remain fluid as we head into the regular season as well.”
Notably, the Browns are opting to carry just two quarterbacks, Baker Mayfield and Case Keenum, and have dropped Kyle Lauetta.
One of the most notable cuts was Sheldrick Redwine, a 24-year-old safety who appeared in 15 contests in 2020 and made 27 tackles.
The Browns are set to return 22 of 25 players on offense from a year ago.
“It’s helpful to have the stability, especially for a unit that produced at a high level for us last year,” Berry said. “I think that continuity in Year 2 of the same system is only going to allow that group to take another step this season. We’re excited about bringing that many players back.”
Meanwhile, the defense will take a bit of a different look with 12 new players.
“The best part about the defensive side of the ball is they’ve just taken the mindset of working hard and getting better every day,” Berry said. “They’ve been incredibly responsive to the defensive staff. We still have a long way to go as a team until we’re ready for the regular season but the progress has been steady throughout the month of August.”
Here is a look at the final roster:
Quarterbacks (2): Baker Mayfield, Case Keenum
Running backs (4): Nick Chubb, Kareem Hunt, D’Ernest Johnson, Demetric Felton
Fullbacks (1): Andy Janovich
Tight ends (3): Austin Hooper, David Njoku, Harrison Bryant
Wide receivers (5): Jarvis Landry, Odell Beckham Jr., Donovan Peoples-Jones, Rashard Higgins, Anthony Schwartz
Offensive linemen (10): Jedrick Wills Jr., Joel Bitonio, JC Tretter, Wyatt Teller, Jack Conklin, James Hudson III, Michael Dunn, Nick Harris, Blake Hance, Chris Hubbard
Defensive linemen (8): Myles Garrett, Malik Jackson, Andrew Billings, Jadeveon Clowney, Takkarist McKinley, Jordan Elliott, Malik McDowell, Tommy Togiai
Linebackers (7): Mack Wilson, Anthony Walker, Sione Takitaki, Malcolm Smith, Jacob Phillips, Tony Fields II, Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
Defensive backs (10): Denzel Ward, Greedy Williams, Ronnie Harrison Jr., John Johnson III, Troy Hill, Greg Newsome, M.J. Stewart, Grant Delpit, A.J. Green, Richard LeCounte III
Specialists (3): Jamie Gillan, Chase McLaughlin, Charley Hughlett
