“Hopefully a lot of us can contribute – whether it’s right away or down the line – but I think it’s going to be really cool to look back on in a couple years when this program is going in the right direction”, Kessler continued, “and see all that we’ve accomplished and in the time that we have”.
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“I always had dreams of playing in the National Football League and a lot of people didn’t agree with that, but it never deterred me”, he said. Sashi Brown also made seven trades throughout the 3 day event.
Born in Lagos, Nigeria, the 6-foot-4, 275-pound Ogbah, whose family immigrated to the United States when he was 9, gives the Browns a much-needed edge rusher to help a defense that recorded just 29 sacks in 2015. “I am not going to change that now”.
“This young man has proven to be exactly what I think he is over his career”, Jackson said, noting Kessler had to endure several coaching changes in college. They picked nine players Saturday. Brown and DePodesta didn’t spare themselves any grief with a few picks that are considered reaches by analysts.
“You can tell with the staff, everybody that I’ve met with today is on the same page and trying to go in a new direction”, he said.
The 6-foot-2, 236-pound Schobert made 28 starts at Wisconsin, where he finished with 13.5 sacks and 172 career tackles.
“Cody is a guy that I would not want to sleep on at all if I were a quarterback wanting to be a starting quarterback for the Browns”, Brown said.
“I am confident in my ability to lead us to winning ways again, but I’m humble enough to understand the task at hand and why people would be skeptical about it, and I know that the only way that I’ll prove them wrong is not by being defensive but really proving it in our work”, said Brown, who also added first- and second-round picks next year and a second-rounder in 2018 through the trades.
Coleman was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia as a freshman, underwent two years of chemotherapy and went on to start 25 games for the Tigers. Louis is the second receiver chosen by the Browns, who took Baylor’s Corey Coleman in the first round after twice trading down. “We’re just all ready to do our best to change the organization around”.
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Added Kessler, who said the draft class feels nearly like a recruiting class with so many members: “You come in and the guys are going to be the first class that kind of came in with this new coaching staff and we’re going to be really tight and really close together”.
