As we get closer and closer to the NFL Draft, a few players have been gaining some serious steam in Cleveland as potential options with the team’s top pick. Specifically along the offensive line, Alabama OT Kadyn Proctor has been reportedly skyrocketing up draft boards as of late, and the Browns definitely have their eye on both him and Monroe Freeling right now.
If these two really are the team’s top choices at left tackle in the early portion of round one, then Andrew Berry and Co. could potentially
be in somewhat of a pickle in terms of who to take.
Freeling has been the clear-cut top left tackle option by the media since he blew everyone away at the NFL Combine, but most of his value is based on projections right now. He looked pretty good on tape in 2025, but he’s still pretty raw for a player being considered a top 10 pick.
This is a huge reason why Kadyn Proctor has seemingly been climbing back up draft boards over the past few weeks. He has All-World athleticism for a 6’7”, 352-pound offensive tackle, and he has three years of starting left tackle experience at the highest level of college football. The 2x All-American finished 2025 with a pass-blocking grade of 81.8 and a run-blocking grade of 81.6 as a junior, while only allowing two total sacks on the season.
Proctor’s an incredibly dominant run blocker as well, and fits the mold of what Todd Monken wants to do in the ground game. He’s better suited for a power-heavy scheme that focuses on taking advantage of his ability to collapse the edge and gap down on interior defensive linemen on the play side. He’s also shown the propensity to pull and get out in front of defenders on different power and counter variations during his time at Alabama.
He’s not the best at reaching defenders in the zone game, but he’s been good enough there to rely on in most cases.
Proctor is a much, much better pro prospect than former Cleveland Brown Jedrick Wills Jr., as both an athlete and in the collegiate production realm. I know it’s scary to take another Crimson Tide offensive lineman after that failed experiment, but the two players are lightyears apart talent-wise. When the “worst case scenario” is that the Browns kick him inside to guard, where he has the potential to be even better at the NFL level, it’s easy to see why Cleveland could gravitate towards Proctor over Freeling at No.6.
