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    Browns
Draft Selections
Peter Woods Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (CLE)
Peter Woods
DL-EDGE Clemson
Mitchell Melton Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (CLE)
Mitchell Melton
LB-EDGE Virginia
Caleb Tiernan Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (CLE)
Caleb Tiernan
OT Northwestern
Roydell Williams Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (CLE)
Roydell Williams
RB Florida State
Ian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (CLE)
Ian Strong
WR Rutgers
Jalen Thompson Head Shot
PICK: 144 RND: 5 (CLE)
Jalen Thompson
DL-EDGE Michigan State
Princewill Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 184 RND: 6 (CLE)
Princewill Umanmielen
LB-EDGE Ole Miss
Drayk Bowen Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (CLE)
Drayk Bowen
LB Notre Dame
Carson Hinzman Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (CLE)
Carson Hinzman
C Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Peter Woods Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (BAL)
Peter Woods
DL-EDGE Clemson
Caleb Tiernan Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (SEA)
Caleb Tiernan
OT Northwestern
Ian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (BUF)
Ian Strong
WR Rutgers
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (BAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Francis Mauigoa Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (BAL)
Francis Mauigoa
OT Miami
Tacario Davis Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (BUF)
Tacario Davis
CB Washington
Raul Aguirre Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (SEA)
Raul Aguirre Jr.
LB Miami
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 141 RND: 5 (SEA)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Dion Dawkins
OT
Players traded away
Head Shot
Nathaniel Watson
LB
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall C+
ValueD- NeedB+ TradesD FutureA+
The Browns landed square in the muddy middle: C+.

The Browns torched the value chart for Mitchell Melton, taking him 339 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C+.

Strong falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. They were the ones paying the moving tax this weekend.

In the end, a coin-flip class: fine today, with a wide range of outcomes ahead.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Peter Woods
In the Round 1 slot they get a quarterback's worst nightmare. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 Mitchell Melton
Value said wait; Mitchell Melton in pick 40 says they were not listening. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick54 Rnd2 Caleb Tiernan
Caleb Tiernan in Round 2, Pick 22 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick106 Rnd4 Roydell Williams
A wild overpay on Roydell Williams in slot 106, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The roster fit checks out.
Pick130 Rnd4 Ian Strong
You do not let a wide receiver like Ian Strong reach the 130th pick and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick144 Rnd5 Jalen Thompson
Jalen Thompson at No. 144 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick184 Rnd6 Princewill Umanmielen
This one needs a full-page explanation: Princewill Umanmielen in the Round 6 slot, miles early. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick210 Rnd6 Drayk Bowen
Drayk Bowen at Round 6, Pick 27 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the linebacker. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick240 Rnd7 Carson Hinzman
They reached into another round for Carson Hinzman, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.