The Cleveland Browns have had a lot of young players become an important part of their foundation over the last few years. Many of them have been given new contracts the last couple of seasons and will be around for years to come. A few draft picks from the last couple of years, Jedrick Wills, Greg Newsome II and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, hope to join those ranks.
While Cleveland is still a young team, many of their building blocks are on to their second contracts. Crossing into the mid-20s when they are expected to be in their prime, the Browns are young but not that young.
The 33rd Team, led by former NFL executives Mike Tannenbaum, Joe Banner and Bill Polian, put out their list of the top 25 players in the NFL under the age of 25. Cleveland’s CB Denzel Ward made the list at #18 with his highest ranking be at 12 and his lowest at 27:
