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Browns sign former Buckeye 3rd round draft pick, waive DT

At one point, it seemed that the Cleveland Browns refused to draft players from The Ohio State University Buckeyes. For those prospects, many of them who turned out to be great NFL players, I-71 was closed.

That has changed recently with CB Denzel Ward, DT Tommy Togiai, OL Dawand Jones, OL Luke Wypler and DT Michael Hall Jr. being selected in recent NFL drafts. With OTAs finished up, the Browns signed Hall to his rookie contract on Friday.

While it might seem like a perfect time for GM Andrew Berry to keep the team’s roster the way it was in OTAs, that hasn’t been his M.