
Browns' Mock Draft: Skill, Line, QB Upside
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Cleveland Browns Mock Draft: A Skill-Position Splurge and Line Reinforcement
The Cleveland Browns make a bold move in the 2026 draft, trading their first and second-round picks to the Dallas Cowboys for picks twelve and twenty. They select USCs Malik Lemon, a top playmaker, at twelve and Alabamas Kadyn Proctor, an offensive tackle, at twenty. Later, they acquire Jacksonvilles twenty-fourth pick and draft Auburns Keldric Faulk, an edge rusher, to boost their pass rush.
In the third round, they take Louisvilles Chris Bell, a wide receiver, and Georgias Carson Beck, a quarterback, in the fourth. They trade up in the fourth for Notre Dames Eli Raridon, a tight end, and draft Indianas Pat Coogan, a center, and LSUs Barion Brown, a wide receiver and return specialist, in the later rounds. This mock draft focuses on skill positions early, strengthens the line, and adds quarterback upside, setting the Browns up for a successful rebuild.
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Cleveland Browns News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! — Browns' Mock Draft: Skill, Line, QB Upside. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
0:00On April 23rd, its draft a vibes for the Cleveland Browns and this is the final mock draft projection, the 13th edition from the Beacon Journal. They kick things off by trading their first round 6 overall pick and second round 39th with the Dallas Cowboys for picks 12 and 20, all in the 20-26 draft, that nets them wide receiver Malik Lemon from USC at 12, a top playmaker they couldn't pass up. Moving to pick 20, they grab offensive tackle Cade in Proctor from Alabama to beef up the line. Then at 24, acquired from the Jacksonville Jaguars, its ed rusher Keldrick Falk from Auburn, perfect to pair with Miles Garrett and Boost, that pass rush in their aggressive scheme. In the 3rd round at 70, they take wide receiver Chris Bell from Louisville, a draft and stash guy rehabbing from an ACL tier with Lemon, already handling receiver duties. 4th round at 107 brings quarterback Carson Beck from Georgia, a talented arm with ties to new coach Todd Munkin from Wayback.
1:04They trade up in the 4th at 138 with the San Francisco 49ers for tight-in Eli Raradon from Notre Dame, swapping. 5th rounders and future picks for a promising project with NFL pedigree, 6th round at 206 from the Bears is center, Pat Cougan from Indiana for Deaf, and 7th at 248 from Seattle Lands. Wide receiver Barry and Brown from LSU, a return specialist with 6 kickoff touchdowns. This mock stacks skill positions early, shores the trenches, and adds QB upside, setting the Browns up for a rebuild that hits all the right notes. Without overreaching.
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