Potential class of 2009 for Cleveland
Posted March 24th, 2009 by Luke Chandler
The Browns have talked to a large number of prospects since January. I've taken the names we know of, and organized them by their round value in the upcoming draft. The round orders are based off of my Top 400 2009 Draft Prospects.
Legend
PW – Private workout to be held
V – Team is bringing in player to team facilities
I – Spoke to prospect at All Star Game
FI – Formal interview done at Combine
APD – Attended pro day
RI – Rumored interest
Round 1
William Beatty, OT, Connecticut I
Aaron Curry, OLB, Wake Forest V
Vontae Davis, CB, Illinois PW
Malcolm Jenkins, CB, Ohio State PW
Peria Jerry, DT, Ole Miss I
Jeremy Maclin, WR, Missouri V
Rey Maualuga, MLB, Southern California V
Clay Matthews, OLB, Southern California V
Knowshon Moreno, RB, Georgia V
Brian Orakpo, DE, Texas PW
Brandon Pettigrew, TE, Oklahoma State RI
B.J. Raji, DT, Boston College I
Jason Smith, OT, Baylor V
Sean Smith, CB, Utah PW
Round 2
Asher Allen, CB, Georgia PW
Ron Brace, DT, Boston College I
Patrick Chung, SS, Oregon I
Louis Delmas, FS, Western Michigan I
Larry English, DE/OLB, Northern Illinois PW
Zach Follett, OLB, California I
Jarron Gilbert, DT, San Jose State RI
Evander Hood, DT, Missouri V
Marcus Freeman, OLB, Ohio State I
Andy Levitre, OT, Oregon I
Alex Mack, C, California FI
Tyrone McKenzie, OLB, South Florida I
Duke Robinson, G, Oklahoma PW
William Moore, FS, Missouri I
Brian Robiskie, WR, Ohio State I
Max Unger, C, Oregon FI
Eric Wood, C, Louisville V
Round 3
Ramses Barden, WR, Cal-Poly RI
Cody Brown, DE/LB, Connecticut I
Troy Kropog, OT, Tulane I
Rashad Jennings, RB, Liberty I
Domonique Johnson, CB, Jackson State I
Rashad Johnson, FS, Alabama I
Jamon Meredith, OT, South Carolina RI
Kyle Moore, DE, Southern California V
Kraig Urbik, OG, Wisconsin I
Round 4
Nathan Brown, QB, Central Arkansas I
Antoine Caldwell, C, Alabama V
Tyronne Green, OG, Alabama I
Michael Hamlin, SS, Clemson I
Brandon Hughes PW
Herman Johnson, OG, LSU I
Keenan Lewis, CB, Oregon State I
Augustus Parrish, OT, Kent State FI
Derek Pegues, FS, Mississippi State I
Chip Vaughn, SS, Wake Forest I
DeAngelo Willingham, CB, Cincinnati V
Round 5
Xavier Fulton, OT, Illinois I
Cedric Peerman, RB, Viriginia I
DeAngelo Smith, CB, Cincinnati I
Patrick Turner, WR, Southern California V
Round 6
Alex Boone, OT, Ohio State PW
Arian Foster, RB, Tennessee I
Anthony Hill, TE, NC State I
Jason Williams, OLB, Western Illinois V
Pat White, QB, West Virginia PW
Round 7
Brian Hoyer, QB, Michigan State PW
Tim Jamison, DE, Michigan I
Kory Sheets, RB, Purdue I
Free Agent
Brock Christopher, ILB, Missouri RI
Mark Estermyer, LS, Pitt I
Mike Massey, TE, Michigan PW
Andrew Means, WR, Indiana PW
Mike Mitchell, CB, Ohio V
Mark Rubin, S, Penn State RI
Greg Toler, CB, St. Paul's College PW
March 25th, 2009 at 6:59 am
Very nice work. I was going to do that today with another list I found but your's looks better. Saved me an hour or more so I'll get a little longer nap this afternoon. Are you going to update it as you discover new interests? Thanks.
March 25th, 2009 at 10:07 am
Yes I will. It was just reported this morning that the Browns are going to bring in Pat White for a workout, so I added him to the list!
March 25th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Some very odd ranking here, as Cody Brown is and will be a better player than anyone you project in Round Two—except for Mack and possibly Delmas. QB Nathan Brown is such garbage he won't be drafted at all. Herman Johnson, Follett and Hamlin are also over-valued, whereas Pegues is vastly under-rated, despite his lack of height, as is DeAngelo Smith. Time will confirm all of this.
March 27th, 2009 at 10:58 am
Nice work Luke! Thanks for the good information. Be hard to find this type of data.
March 27th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
You added Pat White but not Wood, the great center from Louisville.
April 1st, 2009 at 2:02 pm
I think you did a great job, I follow the top offensive tackles. I think Will Beatty has put himself as the top two. On the left side I have him # one.
April 5th, 2009 at 12:27 pm
My Picks
Round 1- clay mathews lb-need speed here it is
Round 2-#5-Alex Mack C,or best guard or center left
Round 2-#50- Brian Robiskie wr ,sure hands replacement for joey j,donte
Round 3- no pick
Round 4- Pat White qb,/wr/pr/kr/
Round 5- best OSU player or Rb left
Round 6- best Wr left
Round 7- Hartline WR ,, prob better than donte,
April 9th, 2009 at 8:53 am
GM/Jim: I like your first round pick-Matthews. Why gamble on a hybrid hopeful? Let's get a guy that has shown he can play the position who has a motor that won't stop, and would love to be in Cleveland. Why gamble on a Gholston, when there is a sure thing. Yeah, projectionists say this is a stretch, but let's get the player that will give us the best chance to not be a bust who can solidify that position for many years to come, even if some others have more "potential." What is the saying. . . .potential costs coaches jobs.
In round 2: I would grab Robiskie with our first 2nd rounder. Hopefully he lasts this long. He is JJ with a little more speed. Disciplined, polished, can catch, understands the game, team player. GRAB HIM without a second thought. Our qb's have to have a good year so we don't have to go qb shopping next year. Also, they have to have a good year so if we want to trade one next year (assuming they are both here for this year), they have value. So we need a guy that can catch the ball and help our qb's develope. Every qb needs at least one go to guy for confidence and 3rd downs. One of the biggest problems last year was that JJ could not play. That and the Peek injury, along with Scissorhands Braylon were the death of the Browns.
With second of 2nd round, I go with the best available of S/WR/RB. Then grab Torry Holt (and hopefully Braylon is traded for at least 1 and 3 by this time).
Next year, we focus on an inside LB if one does not emerge, a running back, if one does not emerge, DB's, and more line help (both sides of ball). Also, let's not forget about Alex Hall. He showed some nice flashes. Needs to learn to play the run better and drop back into coverage, but the guy can put on some pressure.
Lastly, if we are going to go with 3 qb's this year, lets sign JP Losman as a backup. He is still young, has a good attitude, and has NFL qb skills. He would be a nice back up. I would hate to see a repeat of last year when we almost traded for Northcutt to play qb for us again. Yikes!
April 12th, 2009 at 12:51 am
whoever the clev. clowns jets browns get will holdout because he is a clev. clown hahahahahahahahahahahahaha GO DALLAS, GO PITT. !!!!!!!!!!!!!CLOWNS AHAHAHAHAH 3 WINS THIS YR. 4 NEXT YR. 4 THE YR. AFTER NEW BUM COACH COMES IN EDWARDS IN WORTH A 5TH RD ROGERS IS SLOWOVERRATED STINKS
April 12th, 2009 at 12:52 am
EDWARDS IS NOT WORTH 1 FIRST rd. you would never get 2 for the bum mich. cocky punk give it clev. clown fans stick to your lousy stupid fix nba
April 12th, 2009 at 12:55 am
you got 2 former clowns that are horr. 5 bums from the jets a bum coach who his friends over bum coaches bum players some 2nd. stringers. no matter who the clowns choose any rds weill be bums the min. they become clowns INCL. MY TEAM NOTRE DAME BRADY QUINN HE IS A DISGRACE TO NOTRE DAME becoming a clown
April 12th, 2009 at 12:57 am
clowns quarterbacks stink period fat plow horse fat slow rogers a joke
April 12th, 2009 at 1:15 am
gmjim yoy know nothing about any football best suckeye player left thats a joke your clev. clowns sucking jetd could not even beat your shut down rinky dinky area fake football thats what the clev. clowns jets are crinky dinky nfl disgrace football on the shgores of dirty lake erie go watch the suckin g cheating lousy sucking boring fake nba
July 30th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
wrong, orange george