Cleveland Browns news (5/9): Rookies report, jersey #s, tryout players and more

Cleveland Browns quarterback Taylen Green (15) chats with quarterbacks coach Mike Bajakian during the first day of rookie minicamp May 8, 2026, at Cross Country Mortgage Campus in Berea, Ohio. | Andrew Dolph / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A busy day around Berea, Ohio, as the Cleveland Browns started the first day of rookie minicamp. A lot went down, and we tried to cover it all for you here at DBN.

Our Saturday Dawg Chow is coming up… … right now Dawgs By Nature As Dee Haslam fights rare disease, Browns owners donate millions to cancer research (Barry Shuck): A battle that has impacted so many, including the Haslams, is getting a research boost from the Browns owners Browns sign 8 out of 10 2026 NFL draft picks and sign 12 UDFAs (Jared Mueller): Just 2 picks left to sign on the dotted line, the NFL’s CBA makes holdouts far less likely now. Browns add a ton of UDFAs officially Browns duo will take part in Rookie Premiere (Chris Pokorny): Cleveland’s two rookie receivers will get a chance to learn more about the business side of things in the NFL Browns 10 rookie draft picks get their first jersey numbers (Jared Mueller): A couple of interesting tight end choices and RB Quinshon Judkins will be taking on a different number this year Cleveland claims defensive lineman, fills roster spot vacated by JOK (Chris Pokorny): DT Elijah Chatman was added off waivers from the New York Giants Browns end Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah’s 2026 season (Jared Mueller): Few expect JOK to return to the field, and now he officially will not for this season The 2026 NFL schedule release is Thursday Browns rookie minicamp includes 53 players, 25 in tryouts (Chris Pokorny): A huge minicamp roster with players like WR Aaron Anderson and former 1st round pick WR Jaelon Reagor trying to catch on From The Feed Cleveland Browns news QB Shedeur Sanders posted a strong, faith-based message on social media (Yahoo! Sports): “Think about a person’s opinion… in the grand scheme of life, it means nothing,” the quote read.

“We often give opinions power when we react to them and make them seem valuable. ” ESPN’s brutal truth about Browns QB room (Sporting News): But for ESPN’s Aaron Schatz, regardless of who wins the job, it might be a tough season in Cleveland. Todd Monken is making a mistake by not naming a starting QB already (Dawg Pound Daily): FanSided’s Jake Beckman believes Monken has already made a big mistake by not naming a starting quarterback yet.

Even though it’s still early, that might only get in the way of the young wide receivers’ development. Browns Week 1 Roster Prediction: The WR room (Jack Duffin, The OBR): Everything from the draft points to them being a majority three wide receiver team rather than leaning more on eleven personnel. If they had drafted Oscar Delp at 74 it might have been a very different conversation and they could still make a decision to add a tight end of note.