After adding 10 players in the draft and expecting to add another 10 or so undrafted free agents, the Browns’ roster is approximately 90 percent set for the 2026 season.
Free agency continues through training camp, so there may be a veteran or two added, also.
But we pretty much know the names that will make up Todd Monken’s first Browns team.
Monken puts the rookies on the field for the first time with his rookie minicamp on Friday through Sunday.
That’s followed by Phase 3 of the voluntary offseason program, which includes 10 on-field practices May 19-21, May 26-28 and June 2-5. Those practices will be the first full team practices blending veterans and rookies together.
The spring season climaxes in Monken’s mandatory minicamp June 9-11, which may be the first time we see Myles Garrett.
Here’s an updated look at the Browns’ position groups, with projected starters, as the spring season kicks into third gear.
(We are not including names of reported undrafted free agents and minicamp tryout players until the Browns officially announce them later in the week.)
Quarterback
Dillon Gabriel, Taylen Green (r), Shedeur Sanders, Deshaun Watson.
Projected starter: Watson.
Analysis: Monken last week tried to diffuse speculation that he has moved Watson to the front of the depth chart. OK, we’ll play along for now. Maybe Sanders even will be first up when OTAs begin on May 19. But we fully expect Watson to be No. 1 by mandatory minicamp. Green will draw attention at rookie minicamp. A 6-6 athletic freak, Green may be groomed as a specialty Wildcat quarterback when he joins the veterans.
Running back
Michael Burton, Ahmani Marshall, Quinshon Judkins, Dylan Sampson, Rocket Sanders.
Projected starter: Judkins.
Analysis: Monken wanted a full-time fullback on the roster and that’s why the Browns signed Burton, 34, rather than continue to use defensive tackle Adin Huntington as a part-time lead-blocker. The 10-year veteran has been with six previous teams, most recently Denver. Burton missed all of 2025 with a severe hamstring injury. Judkins, who had surgery in December on a fractured ankle and fractured fibula, is hoped to be cleared to practice by the mandatory minicamp so he won’t have to start training camp on the PUP list.
Wide receiver
Isaiah Bond, Denzel Boston (r), KC Concepcion (r), Malachi Corley, Luke Floriea, Jerry Jeudy, Gage Larvadain, Jamari Thrash, Cedric Tillman, Tylan Wallace, Isaiah Wooden.
Projected starters: Jeudy, Boston, Concepcion.
Analysis: Monken’s offense will vacillate from three-receiver (11 personnel), two-tight end (12) and two-back (21) alignments. It will be interesting to see who emerges as WR2, but Concepcion and Boston should be expected to leapfrog Bond and Tillman on the depth chart by training camp. If Bond is WR4, it would mean a battle royale for the last two roster spots among Tillman, Corley, Larvadain, Thrash, Wallace and Wooden.
Tight end
Brenden Bates, Sal Cannella, Harold Fannin, Caden Prieskorn, Joe Royer (r), Carsen Ryan (r), Jack Stoll, Blake Whiteheart.
Projected starter: Fannin.
Analysis: The volume of tight ends here suggests Monken is looking to keep four on the 53, which means occasional three-tight end looks (13 personnel). You figure rookie draft picks Royer and Ryan have the edge on roster spots after Fannin.
Offensive line
Austin Barber (r), Parker Brailsford (r), Jeremiah Byers, Jack Conley, Kingsley Eguakun, Spencer Fano (r), Kendrick Green, Tytus Howard, Elgton Jenkins, Teven Jenkins, Zion Johnson, Dawand Jones, KT Leveston, Tyre Phillips, Luke Wypler, Zak Zinter.
Projected starters: LT Fano, LG E. Jenkins, C Brailsford, RG Z. Johnson, RT Howard.
Analysis: The key player to set the final starting configuration is Brailsford. The Browns believe the game-tested (42 games) fifth-round pick from Alabama can challenge for the starting center job immediately. If he falls short, Wypler is an option, if he can stay healthy. Plan C would be to move Elgton Jenkins to the middle, which is not preferable. A training camp competition will decide the first tackle off the bench between Barber, Jones and Leveston. Jones agreed to a $2.1 million paycut in exchange for $1.145 million in guaranteed money. Ultimately, it means the Browns are losing faith in Jones as a long-term factor.
Defensive line
Maliek Collins, Kalia Davis, Myles Garrett, Mason Graham, Mike Hall, Adin Huntington, Sam Kamara, Isaiah McGuire, Julian Okwara, Alex Wright.
Projected starters: Wright, Collins, Graham, Garrett.
Analysis: With DL-guru Jim Schwartz out of the picture, it’s had to speculate how the backups will unfold behind the starters. They do seem a little light at defensive end – McGuire is DE3 – so I would expect another veteran edge rusher added.
Linebacker
Justin Jefferson (r), Easton Mascarenas-Arnold, Winston Reid, Carson Schwesinger, Nathaniel Watson, Edefuan Ulofoshio, Quincy Williams.
Projected starters: Schwesinger, Williams.
Analysis: Defections in free agency of Devin Bush and Mahmoud Diabate demand Reid and Watson, who each missed all of 2025 with injuries, to be more than special teams core members. The opportunity is there for Jefferson to win immediate play time when Mike Rutenberg uses three linebackers.
Cornerback
Tre Avery, Myles Bryant, Tyson Campbell, Myles Harden, Dom Jones, D’Angelo Ross, Denzel Ward.
Projected starters: Ward, Campbell.
Analysis: This group feels scary thin after the starters. The nickel back competition right now includes Harden, Bryant and Avery. That might be a position added before training camp.
Safety
Grant Delpit, Christopher Edmonds, Ronnie Hickman, Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Donovan McMillon, Daniel Thomas.
Projected starters: Delpit, Hickman, McNeil-Warren.
Analysis: McNeil-Warren should challenge Hickman for the starting free safety spot, but Rutenberg is expected to use a lot of Big Dime (three safeties) looks.