2024 NFL Mock Draft: Cleveland Browns

With the 2023 NFL Draft officially over and the new rookies on the block soon reporting to their respective minicamps, the future of the NFL is now in the hands of the class of 2024 and speculation begins to arise to the best of the best in College Football.

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We all know college football stars such as Caleb Williams and Marvin Harrison Jr will be the most prized possessions at the top of next year’s draft class, but what about the others?

Can the Cleveland Browns strike gold in next year’s NFL Draft?

Well, behold, let’s find out in Cleveland Sports Talk’s mock draft for the 2024 NFL Draft Class:

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48^th Overall Draft Pick (2^nd round) – Tommy Eichenberg, LB, The Ohio State University

Career Achievements: 2022 First-team All-Big Ten, 2022 Team Captain, 2022, & Consensus second-team All-American.

Ideal Role: Plays as Mike Linebacker (MLB); A true jack of all trades that’s an elite run-stopping LB that plays with great speed, won “Iron Buckeye” award for his hard work and relentless effort on and off the football field.

Tommy Eichenberg 🅾️🌰 Look like a All American last night 🔥

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— 🅾️BuckeyeUpdates🌰 (@Buckeyeslife247) September 4, 2022

Hometown: Cleveland, OH

Class: 5^th year Senior

Height/Weight: 6’2”, 239lbs

Projected 40-yard-dash: 4.69

Draft Comparison: Former Ohio State LB Chris Spielman

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80^th Overall Draft Pick (3^rd round) – Julian Fleming, WR, The Ohio State University

Career Achievements: 2018 Pennsylvania’s Gatorade Player of the Year, & 2018 Under Armour All-American

Ideal Role: Top-three target as the Buckeyes backup Z-receiver (flanker); loves physicality as a blocker and is expected to be a huge contributor for the Buckeyes next season.

CJ STROUD ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? TOUCHDOWN PASS TO JULIAN FLEMING pic.twitter.com/ahqnTxu8aK

— Barstool Ohio State (@BarstoolOSU) October 22, 2022

Hometown: Catawissa, PA

Class: Senior

Height/Weight: 6’2”, 205lbs

Projected 40-yard-dash: 4.49

Draft Comparison: New Orleans Saints WR Michael Thomas

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133^rd Overall Draft Pick (5^th round) – Trey Sanders, RB, Texas Christian University

Career Achievements: 2018 Army All-American Bowl

Ideal Role: Dominates in a zone-blocking scheme; what he lacks in speed, he makes up in power. He’s a star that deals with injuries that have ruined his potential so far, but he’s expected to have a great revamped career as a transfer for TCU.

Alabama RB Trey Sanders with an incredibly smooth hurdle.pic.twitter.com/RsdlduraE3

— Zak (@CaramelPhd) November 27, 2021

Hometown: Port Saint Joe, FLA

Class: Junior

Height/Weight: 6’0”, 214lbs

Projected 40-yard-dash: 4.51

Draft Comparison: Las Vegas Raiders RB Josh Jacobs

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144^th Overall Draft Pick (5^th round) – Benjamin Yurosek, TE, University of Stanford

Career Achievements: 2021 PFF First-team All-Pac-12, 2021 Phil Steele Third-team All-Pac-12, & 2022 AP Second-team All-Pac-12

Ideal Role: Y Tight End; a prototypical pro-style west coast receiver with the most reliable hands on the Stanford offense. Yurosek is the embodiment of a two-sport athlete that effortlessly transfers his basketball skills to his star football ability.

This is NERD FOOTBALL

The TE Benjamin Yurosek runs it for 50 yards 👀😂 pic.twitter.com/HRJYBslcZA

— The Transfer Portal CFB (@TPortalCFB) September 11, 2022

Hometown: Bakersfield, CA

Class: Junior

Height/Weight: 6’4”, 242lbs

Projected 40-yard-dash: 4.87