The Browns instead tabbed tight end, Harrison Bryant of Florida Atlantic, with their fourth-round pick and even though Bryant may not be as well-known as some pass catchers, this is a very interesting selection.
Bryant was the top player pictured in Dane Brugler's look at the best player available going into the last day of the draft on The Athletic website and Bryant won the John Mackey Award last season for the top tight end in the country.
Bryant caught 65 passes for over 1,000 yards for the Owls of Florida Atlantic with seven of those passes for touchdowns.
Bryant is considered to be more of a pass-catching threat than a blocking tight end and at 6'4 Bryant should be a different player to defend in the red zone.
Bryant didn't have a great combine and that could have been the difference in being selected in the fourth round compared to his projected third round.
The Browns will use multiple tight ends often under Kevin Stefanski and Stefanski's offense used three tight ends on the field roughly half the time during his offensive coordinator tenure with the Vikings, so the drafting of Bryant doesn't have to be a sign that David Njoku is on his way out of Cleveland.
It's an interesting selection and one that draft experts seem to like, so Harrison Bryant could be an athletic tight end that puts up surprising numbers this season in the new offense.
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