2024'S MOCK DRAFT
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2024'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON SEP 28, 2025

mock draft

  • 2024 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Browns
Draft Selections
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (CLE)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Keldric Faulk Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (CLE)
Keldric Faulk
DL-EDGE Auburn
Jordyn Tyson Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CLE)
Jordyn Tyson
WR Arizona State
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CLE)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 3 (CLE)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Keith Abney II Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (CLE)
Keith Abney II
CB Arizona State
Nic Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 147 RND: 5 (CLE)
Nic Anderson
WR LSU
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 214 RND: 6 (CLE)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
Barion Brown Head Shot
PICK: 228 RND: 7 (CLE)
Barion Brown
WR LSU
Draft Grade — Browns
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Browns cashed the board's mistake on Slaughter: B.

The board owed the Browns one, and it paid up: Jake Slaughter, the No. 28 name on the board, sitting there at the 65th overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. The roster is better shaped than it was, with edge rusher chief among the fixes.

They reloaded the coverage unit in bulk.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Caleb Downs
In pick No. 1 they get an enforcer at safety. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick11 Rnd1 Keldric Faulk
In the 11th pick they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick33 Rnd2 Jordyn Tyson
Steal is underselling it; Jordyn Tyson at the 33rd overall pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick65 Rnd3 Jake Slaughter
Jake Slaughter at No. 65 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
Pick101 Rnd3 Sonny Styles
A quiet steal in Round 3, Pick 37: Sonny Styles for less than the market said. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick140 Rnd5 Keith Abney II
Somehow Keith Abney II was still sitting there in the Round 5 slot, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick147 Rnd5 Nic Anderson
A market-rate wide receiver, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Nic Anderson. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick214 Rnd6 Trey Zuhn III
Good price on Trey Zuhn III in pick 214, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick228 Rnd7 Barion Brown
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Barion Brown at No. 228 is the proof. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.