Cleveland Browns roster cuts: Team announces initial 53-man roster

A full list of cuts, and a look at the Browns’ 53-man roster

Summarized by AI ⓘ

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The following players were waived, cut, or placed on IR by the Cleveland Browns, trimming their roster to the league-required 53 players. Make sure you react to all of the cuts in the comments section below! The final 53-man roster is also at the bottom of this post.

Some moves were made official on Sunday, along with the Browns trading a quarterback on Monday

and making another trade Tuesday morning. We kept you up to date on all the reports and rumors in our tracker.

OFFENSIVE PLAYERS CUT

QB Tyler Huntley
RB Pierre Strong Jr. (injury designation)
RB Trayveon Williams
RB Ahmani Marshall
WR Diontae Johnson
WR Kaden Davis
WR Chase Cota
WR Kisean Johnson
WR Cade McDonald (injury designation)
TE Sal Cannella
TE Mitch Van Vooren
OT Jackson Barton
OG Javion Cohen
OT Jason Ivey
OT Lorenzo Thompson
OT Kilian Zierer
T Sebastian Gutierrez
G Dartanyan Tinsley
C Bucky Williams

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS CUT

DE K.J. Henry
DT Ralph Holley
DT Sam Kamara
DE Titus Leo
DE Julian Okwara
LB Marvin Moody
LB Charlie Thomas III
S Nik Needham
CB Tony Brown II
CB Chigozie Anusiem
CB Christian Holmes
CB Keenan Isaac
CB Darius Rush
CB LaMareon James
S Chris Edmonds

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS CUT

K Dustin Hopkins

RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL INJURY LIST

WR David Bell

RESERVE/PUP LIST

QB Deshaun Watson

RESERVE/INJURED LIST

LB Winston Reid

PASSED PHYSICAL

DT Mike Hall Jr.

Other Notes

As always, remember that this is the initial 53-man roster. The full roster is below.
DT Mike Hall Jr is on the roster after passing his physical.
Cleveland only has two running backs for now, something which will change probably with the waiver wire. It’s possible there could be news on RB Quinshon Judkins are some point too I suppose, but we haven’t heard anything on that and aren’t counting on it.
Dustin Hopkins was cut, losing the kicker battle to Andre Szymt.
Five undrafted free agents made the team: WR Gage Larvadain, DT Adin Huntington, LB Easton Mascarenas-Arnold, CB Dom Jones, and S Donovan McMillon.
Players who made the roster who aren’t the most household of names include TE Brenden Bates, DE Cameron Thomas, and CB Dom Jones. My guess is that Bates would be one of the first players to go at the expense of a waiver claim.
WR Diontae Johnson didn’t make it. After his departure from the Steelers a few years ago, his career has gone downhill. If he can’t make it with the Browns, it’s hard to imagine a team giving him another shot, especially on a 53-man roster.
I only got 47/53 (88.7%) correct on my 53-man roster projection. However, that trade of QB Kenny Pickett could have bumped me up a number if I had adjusted for it. I wanted to keep three quarterbacks only, but gave in to all of the reports that were adamant that Cleveland was keeping four quarterbacks on the 53-man roster.

Initial 53-Man Roster (as of 8/26/25)

Position	Starter(s)	Backup(s)
QB – 3	Joe Flacco	Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders
RB – 2	Jerome Ford	Dylan Sampson
WR – 6	Jerry Jeudy, Cedric Tillman, Jamari Thrash	Gage Larvadain, Isaiah Bond, DeAndre Carter
TE – 4	David Njoku	Harold Fannin, Blake Whiteheart, Brenden Bates
OT – 4	Jack Conklin, Dawand Jones	Cornelius Lucas, KT Leveston
OG – 4	Joel Bitonio, Wyatt Teller	Teven Jenkins, Zak Zinter
C – 2	Ethan Pocic	Luke Wypler
DE – 5	Myles Garrett, Alex Wright	Isaiah McGuire, Joe Tryon-Shoyinka, Cameron Thomas
DT – 5	Mason Graham, Maliek Collins	Mike Hall Jr, Shelby Harris, Adin Huntington
LB – 5	Carson Schwesinger, Devin Bush	Mohamoud Diabate, Jerome Baker, Easton Mascarenas-Arnold
CB – 5	Denzel Ward, Greg Newsome II, Myles Harden	Cameron Mitchell, Dom Jones
S – 5	Grant Delpit, Ronnie Hickman	Rayshawn Jenkins, Damontae Kazee, Donovan McMillon
K – 1	Andre Szymt
P – 1	Corey Bojorquez
LS – 1	Rex Sunahara