Top 10 all-time best Cleveland Browns players since ’99
By John Suchan
No. 7 all-time Cleveland Browns player since 1999- Josh Cribbs, KR, WR
Josh Cribbs literally did everything for his team during his time in Cleveland. Some even thought you could have put Cribbs on defense and he would have helped the poor Browns. The former quarterback from Kent State ended up returning kicks and punts and is only second in the record books to previous kick returner Cleveland legend Eric Metcalf.
Cribbs also caught passes and even played quarterback in the “wildcat” offense that was popular when he played from 2005 to 2012. The best part of Cribbs’s story was that he went undrafted and was a free agent signing after being invited to training camp.
In the special team department, he finished with three punt returns for touchdowns and eight kick returns for scores. His ability to spark his team with his spectacular runbacks was just part of what has made him so loved by the fan base and one of the best to ever wear the Cleveland uniform.
#Browns named Josh Cribbs and Webster Slaughter to their 2020 class of Browns Legends and will be honored during a halftime ceremony Week 3 (Sept. 27),pic.twitter.com/TUGSLRBvH6
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) June 18, 2020
In 2009, he also ran the ball on offense 55 times for 381 yards and a touchdown. That year he was selected to the Pro Bowl.
By 2011, the Browns used him more as a wide receiver on the offense as he caught 41 passes for 518 yards and four touchdowns. In all, he was named to the Pro Bowl three times in 2007, 2009, and 2012. He also was named an Associated Press All-Pro in 2012.