Cleveland Browns rookie minicamp is officially underway in Berea and will run from May 8-10, before a few of the rookies head off to the NFLPA Rookie Premiere. Earlier today, the Browns officially confirmed the signing of 12 undrafted free agents to fill out their roster.
There is also a lot of competition taking place at rookie minicamp. A total of 53 players are taking part, including 25 players who are trying out. Let’s break the players down by category:
2026 NFL Draft Picks (10 players)
- QB Taylen Green
- WR Denzel Boston
- WR KC Concepcion
- TE Joe Royer
- TE Carsen Ryan
- OT Spencer Fano
- OT Austin Barber
- C Parker Brailsford
- LB Justin Jefferson
- S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
Undrafted Free Agents (12 players)
- RB Davon Booth – 5-8, 192 lbs – Mississippi State
- RB TJ Harden -6-0, 218 lbs – SMU
- WR Kole Wilson – 5-7, 177 lbs – Baylor
- OT Izavion Miller – 6-5, 306 lbs – Auburn
- DE Logan Fano – 6-4, 252 lbs – Utah
- DT Bernard Gooden – 6-0, 280 lbs – Louisiana State
- DE Tyreak Sapp – 6-2, 273 lbs – Florida
- DE Khordae Sydnor – 6-4, 264 lbs – Vanderbilt
- CB DeCarlos Nicholson – 6-4, 200 lbs – Southern California
- CB Nate Evans – 5-11, 191 lbs – Delaware
- S Zion Washington – 6-1, 208 lbs – Boise State
- P Wes Pahl – 6-4, 207 lbs – Oklahoma State
Tryouts (25 players)
- QB Bryson Barnes – 6-1, 213 lbs – Utah State
- WR Aaron Anderson – 5-8, 198 lbs – Louisiana State
- WR Daejon Reynolds – 6-1, 202 lbs – UNLV
- WR Jaelon Reagor – 5-10, 203 lbs – Texas Christian
- TE Jyrin Johnson – 6-2, 241 lbs – Bowling Green
- OG Cole Hutson 6-4, 311 lbs – Texas
- OG Korion Sharpe – 6-2, 307 lbs – North Carolina A&T
- OG Ryan Mosesso – 6-4, 300 lbs – Massachusetts
- C Carson Bruno – 6-3, 302 lbs – Texas Christian
- OT Micah Pettus – 6-6, 335 lbs – Florida State
- DT Carter Hewitt – 6-4, 282 lbs – Illinois
- DT Malachi Cooper – 6-4, 289 lbs – San Diego
- DE Bradley Weaver – 6-3, 267 lbs – Rutgets
- DT Braxton Fely – 6-1, 291 lbs – Boise State
- LB Reid Carrico – 6-2, 226 lbs – West Virginia
- LB Tanlela Latu – 6-1, 233 lbs – San Jose State
- LB James Conway – 6-2, 236 lbs – Fordham
- LB Trent Hendrick – 6-0, 231 lbs – James Madison
- S Phillip Dunnam – 6-0, 181 lbs – Central Florida
- S Jaden Taylor – 5-9, 190 lbs – West Alabama
- S Trevor Woods – 6-1, 206 lbs – Jacksonville State
- CB Aaron Harris – 5-9, 192 lbs – North Carolina A&T
- CB Malcolm Bell – 5-11, 175 lbs – Michigan State
- CB Joshuah Moten – 5-11, 187 lbs – Southern Mississippi
- LS John Ferimann – 6-2, 245 lbs – Ohio State
It’s not unheard of to see 2 or 3 tryout
players be impressive enough during the rookie minicamp that they end up getting signed. However, the majority of players are there to simply fill out the numbers game for a camp. For example, the Browns need someone to handle long snapping duties for the weekend, so they brought John Ferimann from Ohio State in to handle those duties for the weekend.
Throughout the season, the Browns will often bring in players for tryouts. However, this is the first time I can recall seeing a veteran player participate in rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. I am referring to WR Jaelon Reagor, who was formerly a first-round pick of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Non-Rookies on Roster (6 players)
- RB Ahmani Marshall
- WR Luke Floriea
- TE Sal Cannella
- TE Caden Prieskorn
- OT Jack Conley
- P Nik Constantinou
Every year, there are some players who aren’t rookies, but are fringe first-year players (typically on reserve/future contracts), who also take part in rookie minicamp. These are the type of players who also need to have a solid rookie minicamp, because if one of those 25 tryout players makes a big impression, these guys could be viewed as yesterday’s news, so-to-speak.
