Cleveland Browns: Two notable supplemental draft picks in team history
The NFL supplemental draft is in a few days, bringing to mind two Cleveland Browns players who were selected in the past.
The NFL supplemental draft is set to take place Wednesday, but don’t expect the Cleveland Browns to take part. There are only two players eligible, and the fact the Browns treat their draft picks like holy relics means the event will come and go and nothing will change for the team.
However, mention of the 2017 supplemental draft brings to mind when the Browns did take part in the event.
Using a supplemental draft pick means a team must forfeit that round’s pick in the following NFL Draft, with the most recent example being when the Browns used a second-round pick in the 2012 supplemental draft to select Josh Gordon. Thus, the team forfeited its second-round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.
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The selection of Gordon was the second time the team used a pick in the supplemental draft, with the first instance coming back in 1985 when Bernie Kosar maneuvered his way to the Browns in what was a debacle for the NFL, but a great situation for both Kosar and the Browns.
It is interesting to look back and realize that one of the franchise’s biggest stars only made it to Cleveland thanks to the supplemental draft. He said he wanted to play for the Browns and both sides made it happen.
Kosar dazzled Browns fans for nearly a decade, which cannot be said about the other supplemental draft pick in team history.
Josh Gordon could have been a star in Cleveland, but his own personal problems prevented that from ever happening. Like Kosar, Gordon was a Pro Bowler and someone fans got excited about on Sundays, just for a much shorter period of time.
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Gordon’s 1,646 receiving yards in 2013 is a team record by nearly 400 yards, and he did that in just 14 games. Fans know the rest of the story from there, with Gordon’s potential greatness being nothing more than a hypothetical.