A category breakdown of who is participating in Browns rookie minicamp this weekend.
Cleveland Browns rookie minicamp is officially underway in Berea and will run from May 9-11, before a few of the rookies head off to the NFLPA Rookie Premiere. Earlier today, the Browns officially confirmed the signing of 13 undrafted free agents, which brings their roster to 91 players. Unless there is a player exemption that I am unaware of, the team should be releasing someone soon to get to 90 players.
Nonetheless, there is also a lot of competition taking place at rookie minicamp. A total of 56 players are taking place, including 26 players who are trying out. Let’s break the players down by category:
2025 NFL Draft Picks (7 players)
- QB Dillon Gabriel
- QB Shedeur Sanders
- RB Qunshon Judkins
- RB Dylan Sampson
- TE Harold Fannin Jr.
- DT Mason Graham
- LB Carson Schwesinger
Undrafted Free Agents (13 players)
- RB Ahmani Marshall – 6-1, 225 lbs – Appalachian State
- FB Eli Wilson – 6-3, 239 lbs – Appalachian State
- WR Gage Larvadain – 5-8, 171 lbs – South Carolina
- WR Ja’Seem Reed – 6-1, 190 lbs – San Diego
- OG Justin Osborne – 6-4, 307 lbs – SMU
- OT Jason Ivey – 6-5, 300 lbs – North Carolina A&T
- OG Dartanyan Tinsley – 6-3, 340 lbs – Cincinnati
- DT Adin Huntington – 6-1, 281 lbs – Tulane
- LB Easton Mascarenas-Arnold – 5-11, 227 lbs – USC
- S Donovan McMilllon – 6-2, 203 lbs – Pittsburgh
- CB Dom Jones – 6-2, 192 lbs – Colorado State
- CB LaMareon James – 5-10, 193 lbs – TCU
- LS Brent Matiscik – 6-1, 230 lbs – TCU
Tryouts (26 players)
- FB Peter Montini – 6-0, 233 lbs – Colorado State
- WR Kisean Johnson – 6-1, 216 lbs – Western Kentucky
- WR Zach Patterson – 5-8, 179 lbs – Central Missouri State
- WR Cade McDonald – 5-10, 196 lbs – Miami (OH)
- WR Malcolm Johnson – 6-1, 188 lbs – Bowling Green
- WR Luke Floriea – 5-8, 179 lbs – Kent State
- WR Jabre Barber – 5-9, 179 lbs – Texas A&M
- TE John Samuel Shenker – 6-3, 242 lbs – Auburn
- TE Deontay Campbell – 6-3, 245 lbs – Missouri Southern State
- TE Keshawn Toney – 6-2, 251 lbs – South Carolina State
- TE Mitch Van Vooren – 6-5, 242 lbs – St. Norbert
- OG Cam’Ron Johnson – 6-3, 305 lbs – Missouri
- DE John Pius – 6-3, 242 lbs – Wisconsin
- DE Davin Vann – 6-1, 269 lbs – North Carolina State
- LB Ty Wise – 6-2, 223 lbs – Miami (OH)
- LB Donald Willis – 6-1, 225 lbs – Western Michigan
- LB Matt Hudson – 6-2, 231 lbs – Memphis
- LB Macklin Ayers – 6-2, 226 lbs – Massachusetts-Amherst
- CB Tahveon Nicholson – 5-9, 182 lbs – Louisville
- CB Jordan Wright – 5-10, 187 lbs – Connecticut
- CB Christian Ais – 6-0, 202 lbs – New Haven
- CB Austin McKinney – 6-0, 200 lbs – Northwest Missouri State
- S Iverson Brown – 6-1, 211 lbs – Southern Illionois
- S Joseph Charleston – 6-0, 204 lbs – Missouri
- K Michael Hughes – 6-2, 180 lbs – Appalachian State
- P Avery Brook – 5-10, 197 lbs – Akron
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, some players are there to simply fill out the numbers game for a camp in all liklihood. For example, the Browns need someone to handle punt duties, so they brought Avery Brook from Akron in to handle those duties for the weekend.
Non-Rookies on Roster (10 players)
- WR Kaden Davis
- OT Julian Pearl
- OT Roy Mbaeteka
- OT Lorenzo Thompson
- OG Brady Latham
- DT Ralph Holley
- DE Marcus Haynes
- S Christopher Edmonds
- S Trey Dean
- K Andrew Szmyt
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 26 tryout players makes a big impression, these guys could be viewed as yesterday’s news, so-to-speak.
While all of the headlines will be on Shedeur Sanders, are there any tryout players who caught your eye from their college days?