Templar'S MOCK DRAFT

Templar'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 10, 2026

041026 No 1

  • Templar DRAFTING FOR THE
    Browns
Draft Selections
Chris Brazzell II Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (CLE)
Chris Brazzell II
WR Tennessee
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (CLE)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Chris Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CLE)
Chris Johnson
CB San Diego State
Kaytron Allen Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (CLE)
Kaytron Allen
RB Penn State
Ted Hurst Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (CLE)
Ted Hurst
WR Georgia State
Justin Joly Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (CLE)
Justin Joly
TE NC State
Zxavian Harris Head Shot
PICK: 146 RND: 5 (CLE)
Zxavian Harris
DT Ole Miss
VJ Payne Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (CLE)
VJ Payne
S Kansas State
Wesley Williams Head Shot
PICK: 206 RND: 6 (CLE)
Wesley Williams
DE-EDGE Duke
Joe Fagnano Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (CLE)
Joe Fagnano
QB UConn
Marvin Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (CLE)
Marvin Jones Jr.
LB-EDGE Oklahoma
Logan Taylor Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (CLE)
Logan Taylor
OG Boston College
Draft Picks Received
Chris Brazzell II Head Shot
PICK: 22 RND: 1 (LAC)
Chris Brazzell II
WR Tennessee
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (BUF)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Ted Hurst Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DAL)
Ted Hurst
WR Georgia State
Joe Fagnano Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (DAL)
Joe Fagnano
QB UConn
Marvin Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 220 RND: 7 (BUF)
Marvin Jones Jr.
LB-EDGE Oklahoma
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LAC)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (BUF)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (LAC)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (BUF)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Rashawn Slater
OT
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B+
ValueC NeedB TradesA+ FutureA
Nobody dealt better than the Browns this weekend: B+.

Some picks age like wine; Marvin Jones Jr. at No. 220 will need to, sitting 109 spots clear of his grade. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. However the rest shakes out, Styles at that price is a win they earned.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick22 Rnd1 Chris Brazzell II
In slot 22 they get a No. 1 receiver. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick26 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In pick No. 26 they get a three-down second-level presence at a price that makes it sweeter. More want than need.
Pick39 Rnd2 Chris Johnson
A tidy little value on Chris Johnson in Round 2, Pick 7, a step better than break-even. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick70 Rnd3 Kaytron Allen
Value said wait; Kaytron Allen in No. 70 says they were not listening. The roster fit checks out.
Pick92 Rnd3 Ted Hurst
Ted Hurst in the 92nd overall pick is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick107 Rnd4 Justin Joly
Justin Joly in pick 107 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick146 Rnd5 Zxavian Harris
A conviction pick on Zxavian Harris at slot 146 that the board grades a round light. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick149 Rnd5 VJ Payne
VJ Payne in Round 5, Pick 9 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick206 Rnd6 Wesley Williams
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Wesley Williams. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick218 Rnd7 Joe Fagnano
A big swing on Joe Fagnano at the Round 7 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick220 Rnd7 Marvin Jones Jr.
They reached a country mile for Marvin Jones Jr. at pick 220, and the board is aghast. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick248 Rnd7 Logan Taylor
A reach for Logan Taylor in No. 248; a little patience would have been rewarded. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.