Cleveland Browns: 15 greatest offensive linemen of all-time

Greatest offensive lineman in Cleveland Browns history: #14. Shaun O’Hara

Unfortunately for the Browns, most of the success Shaun O’Hara had in the NFL came after he left Cleveland. Had he played out his entire career wearing the orange and brown, he would be much higher on the list. As fate would have it, he spent just four seasons with the team and played only 54 of his 151 career games as a member of the Browns.

In just their second season after returning to the NFL, Cleveland found a solid undrafted free agent out of Rutgers in O’Hara. While he grew up in New Jersey, O’Hara did spend some of his youth in Ohio and landed with the Browns as a center.

During his rookie campaign, that’s the position O’Hara played and started four of eight games played. He wasn’t able to start full-time the next season though, as Dave Wohlabaugh held down that spot for the next couple of seasons. That forced O’Hara to move to guard where he started four games in his second campaign before becoming the full-time right guard in 2002.

He continued to hold that position down in 2003, starting 14 more games while missing two contests. O’Hara played well enough to earn a contract with the New York Giants in 2004 where he returned to playing center.

O’Hara preferred this spot, saying it was his natural position. He proved that this wasn’t just lip service as he went on to start 97 games in his seven seasons with the Giants. During that span, he was named to three Pro Bowls and helped lead New York to a win in Super Bowl XLII.