Browns Cut Former Seventh-Round Selection
Browns general manager Andrew Berry places a high value on acquiring players that can play both offensive and defensive lineman. He frequently discusses the team’s need for both types of linemen.
Cleveland built a roster with skilled backup athletes to withstand injured starters by allocating more than half of their draft picks to these positions during the previous two seasons.
The front office staff and coaches in Cleveland will unavoidably make cuts when the Browns trim down to a 53-man roster because of their aim to bring in as many athletes as possible so they may choose from the finest available.
With the release of Dawson Deaton, a 2022 seventh-round draft pick, due to a failed physical designation, the Browns decreased their roster by one, according to an NFL insider Aaron Wilson’s tweet on Thursday night.
Though the former Texas Tech lineman missed the 2022 season due to an ACL tear, Deaton was an offensive guard for Cleveland.
The team released the 6-foot-1, 306-pound lineman in July, so he was not included on the roster in 2023 either.
Throughout his four seasons of collegiate play, Dawson was a member of the Red Raiders, starting 35 of the 44 games he participated in between 2017 and 2021.
Before switching to the guard position with the Browns, Dawson played center in college.
The offensive lineman for Dawson and his team had their greatest season in their sophomore year, finishing second in the Big 12 Conference with just 1.5 sacks allowed per game.
When the athlete was an assistant for the game in the 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl, then-Browns assistant coach Scott Peters was paying notice in Cleveland.
