The Gipper Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 In lieu of Trivia questions I will simply here provide you with certain Browns Draft Historical Factoids. (all since 1950) No need to tax your brains, just read and react if you wish. 1. The Cleveland Browns have drafted 3 of the Top 20 winningest coaches: Don Shula, Chuck Noll....and I count Bill Cowher as, though he was not "drafted" by the Browns, he was signed by them as an undrafted free agent coming out of colleg. 2. The Browns have selected in their drafts the following Hall of Famers: Doug Atkins, Willie Davis, Jim Brown, Henry Jordan, Gene Hickerson, Bobby Mitchell, Dick LeBeau, Paul Warfield, Leroy Kelley, Ozzie Newsome. I note that if they had kept the likes Davis, Jordan and LeBeau, the Browns and not the Packers may have been the dominant team of the 60s as well. 3. Famous "Names" that have been drafted by the Browns. By this I mean they drafted people with names that belonged actually to other famous people: John Sandusky (noted pedaphile), Jack Jones, singer; Howard Johnson, Hotelier; Bob White, noted bird; John Brown, abolitionist; Frank Baker, noted baseball player (Babe Ruth broke his home run record); Walter Johnson, another baseballer--pitcher; Bob Oliver, another baseballer; Brian Murray (with "Doyle" noted comedic actor); John Smith, noted explorer; Henry Ford, auto manufacturer; Mike Wallace, recently deceased TV journalist; Michael Jackson, singer 4. The Browns draftee that is currently active that has been playing in the league the longest is Gerard Warren, extremely mediocre defensive lineman. 5. Since 1999 the Browns the only players the Browns have drafted that have made the Pro Bowl are; Alex Mack 1, Joe Thomas 5, Braylon Edwards 1, Kellen Winslow Jr. 1, Ryan Pontbriand 2. 6. During his term as HC/GM of the Cleveland Browns, Bill Belichick drafted only 1 player who ever made the Pro Bowl: Eric Turner, drafted in 1991 before he coached his first game. (honestly, I am not certain was even named HC when E-rock was drafted, but I assume so) 7. The player with the longest career from the Browns 1999 draft class was TE James Dearth. He played with the Browns 1 year and with the Jets for 8 years....but as a TE, his total career statistics were: 3 catches, 10 yards, 1 TD. He must have been a special team specialist or a long snapper or something to last in the league that long and do absolutely nothing. 8. Since 1950 the Browns have drafted players from the following Ohio colleges: Toledo, Bowling Green, John Carroll, Dayton, Ohio St. Xavier, Miami, Oh., Wittenberg, Kent St. Case Western Reserve, Ohio U. Baldwin-Wallace, Youngstown St. Akron, Defiance, Heidelberg 9. In the first round the Browns have selected players from the following schools....in order of number of draftees: Michigan 5 Ohio St. 3 Florida 3 USC 3 Schools with 2: Tennessee Illinois Stanford Kentucky Duke Texas Purdue Houston Alabama UCLA Notre Dame Schools with 1 each: Oregon St. LSU Arkansas Syracuse TCU Ole Miss Western Illinois UMass Maryland Trinity Tx. Kansas St. Arizona St. Texas A&M Southern Miss Penn St. Boston College Florida St. Wisconsin California Baylor
USFBrown Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 FACT: Browns have been terrible at drafting (yes, you babies, I know Heckert is the draft god and our team will dominate once we fill our team with all his picks). http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/22/browns-worst-in-the-nfl-at-finding-all-pros-in-the-draft/
Guest Posted April 24, 2012 Report Posted April 24, 2012 7. The player with the longest career from the Browns 1999 draft class was TE James Dearth. He played with the Browns 1 year and with the Jets for 8 years....but as a TE, his total career statistics were: 3 catches, 10 yards, 1 TD. He must have been a special team specialist or a long snapper or something to last in the league that long and do absolutely nothing. He was a long-snapper. Zombo
The Gipper Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Posted April 24, 2012 He was a long-snapper. Zombo OK, that explains it.
The Gipper Posted April 24, 2012 Author Report Posted April 24, 2012 FACT: Browns have been terrible at drafting Lately, NSS (yes, you babies, I know Heckert is the draft god and our team will dominate once we fill our team with all his picks). http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/22/browns-worst-in-the-nfl-at-finding-all-pros-in-the-draft/
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