The Cleveland Browns officially traded a 2028 7th-round draft pick for Los Angeles Rams OT/OG K.T. Leveston on roster cutdown day.
Leveston, officially entering his second NFL season after being drafted in the 7th-round by the Rams in the 2024 NFL Draft, will immediately slot into Cleveland’s backup right tackle role in 2025. He also has some positional flexibility, with quite a bit of NFL analysts believing that his best position in the NFL could be at guard.
He’s built like (6’4”, 335 lbs.) and moves
like an NFL guard, but has the length and balance of an offensive tackle.
Leveston does a great job of hand-fighting in pass protection and has been able to compensate for his below-average foot speed on the edge with his ability to influence and control edge rushers with his upper body. He uses his incredibly strong and “heavy” hands to either outright control the defender or slap their hands down, often causing pass rushers to fall down or make it easier for him to run them past the quarterback.
Here’s a pretty nice example of it:
In Cleveland, he could be relied upon fairly early at possibly both offensive guard and tackle, with Cornelius Lucas still battling his lower-body injury, and Zak Zinter currently underwhelming as the backup right guard.
There’s even a chance that Leveston could be the top option to start at right tackle if Jack Conklin were to go down at some point in the season, due to Cornelius Lucas being generally better on the left side.
He’s already in Cleveland and practicing at the right tackle spot, and it’s easy to see that he’s a good 20-30lbs. heavier than all of the team’s other offensive linemen.
Though Leveston was “just” a 7th-round NFL Draft pick, there’s a legitimate chance that he could single-handedly solve the Browns’ lingering depth issues along the offensive line going forward. Based on his current skillset and what he’s put on film, he’s already a top 2-3 run-blocker on the team as well.
Heading into the 2025 season, the current OL depth chart will most likely shake out like this:
LT: Dawand Jones, Cornelius Lucas
LG: Joel Bitonio, Teven Jenkins
C: Ethan Pocic, Luke Wypler
RG: Wyatt Teller, Zak Zinter
RT: Jack Conklin, K.T. Leveston
To be 100% honest, this might be the healthiest (knock on wood) and most skilled group of offensive linemen that the team’s had in a while heading into the regular season.
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