The countdown to the 2020 NFL season is upon us. With 82 days remaining until the Browns season opener, we continue the countdown by celebrating the best Cleveland Browns player to ever wear number 82 — Ozzie Newsome.
Ozzie Newsome was selected by the Cleveland Browns with the 23rd overall pick in the 1978 NFL draft out of the University of Alabama. Newsome was an exemplary player while at Alabama and was able to amass unreal stats while in Tuscaloosa. An impressive feat considering Crimson Tide head coach Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant teams’ were not known for throwing the ball all over the field.