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Browns hold NFL Draft visit with massive 352-pound offensive tackle

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With less than two weeks until the NFL Draft, the Cleveland Browns are hosting Alabama offensive tackle Kadyn Proctor for a visit

The Cleveland Browns have met with another offensive tackle ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft. This time, it is the behemoth offensive tackle from Alabama, Kadyn Proctor. This comes after reports that the Browns are infatuated with the Alabama big man.

This close to the draft, however, you never know what is real and what is a smoke screen. Repairing a large chunk of their offensive line ahead of the draft in NFL free agency, the Browns have just left tackle and potentially center left to fill. This makes drafting a tackle a known need for the team, with the NFL Draft less than two weeks away.

The Browns have been doing their due diligence on visiting with the offensive tackles in this class as well. Proctor is just the latest. What Proctor could bring to the Browns Proctor currently sits 23rd on the consensus board ahead of the draft.

Taking him with the sixth overall pick would certainly be a reach. However, if the Browns trade back into the first round, he could be firmly on the table. Cory Kinnan from Daft on Draft, an NFL Draft website filled with scouting reports, film breakdowns, quarterback charting metrics, and more, gives his take on Proctor : "The inability to sink his knees, effectively shift his weight, and hang off the edge at speed without straining is hard to look past.