Cleveland Browns sign WR Dennis Parks
By Thomas Moore
The Cleveland Browns continued making roster moves at the wide receiver position by signing Dennis Parks.
Not content with selecting four wide receivers in the 2016 NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns have added another one, signing Dennis Parks on Friday.
The team announced its latest roster move on its website.
To make room for Parks, the Browns placed kicker Jaden Oberkrom on the reserve/retired list just days after signing him in free agency. (And, in the process, answering the question of Who is Jaden Oberkrom?)
The 6-foot-2, 201-pound Parks was a four-year player for Rice, finishing his senior season second on the team with 33 receptions for 498 yards and three touchdowns. Injuries to his hamstring and his foot limited him to just nine games in 2015.
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He completed his collegiate career with 97 receptions, 1,507 yards and eight touchdowns. His most notable accomplishment was catching five passes for 109 yards against Fresno State in the Hawai’i Bowl, just the third time a wide receiver surpassed 100 yards in Rice bowl history.
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Parks joins what is becoming an increasingly crowded group of wide receivers. In the draft the Browns selected Corey Coleman, Ricardo Louis, Jordan Payton and Rashard Higgins.
They join incumbents Andrew Hawkins, Brian Hartline, Taylor Gabriel, Darius Jennings, Rannell Hall and Terrelle Pryor in what should be one of the training camp battles to keep an eye on.
“I said when I got here that I was looking to improve that position,” head coach Hue Jackson recently told the team’s website. “I wanted to get some bigger targets on our football team, but I’m also very happy with the group we had. I think you can never have too much talent or competition at that position because I think it helps improve your quarterback position.”