Cleveland Browns: 5 Former Vikings Kevin Stefanski could add in free agency

1. C.J. Ham, FB

Kevin Stefanski took over the Browns subreddit recently and was answering some fan questions. One really interesting thing he spoke on during that session was his respect for the fullback position.

While most teams seem to forget about the bigger backs, Stefanski says he has a “healthy-respect” for it.

"“I have a healthy respect for the full back position. I think it gives you some versatility – because the defense has a hard time knowing whether we’ll be in a one-back, two-back or empty set. In addition, and maybe most importantly, the full back brings a physical aspect to our football team, which is very important to me” — Stefanski via ClevelandBrowns.com"

Making that comment even more interesting is the fact that his fullback from Minnesota is about to come available. Coming out of Augustana, a small school in South Dakota which was also known as the Vikings, Ham was undrafted and landed on Minnesota’s practice squad.

He made the team in 2017 and was the primary fullback but he was hardly seen until 2019 when Stefanski was the offensive coordinator full-time. That season, Ham caught 17 passes for 149 yards and scored his first receiving touchdown. He averaged nearly nine yards per catch and went for a career-long 36-yarder during the season.

None of this is to say he will be a featured player in any offense but there is something to his versatility. Not only can he push the pile in short-yardage situations but he’s good enough in open space to turn a dump-off pass into a first down — something he did on six of his 17 receptions.

Out of all the available players from Minnesota, this one seems to make the most sense.