It's up to the Cleveland Browns to harvest Donovan Peoples-Jones' elite athleticism now.
The Browns selected the Michigan football receiver with the eighth pick in the sixth round, No. 187 overall, of the 2020 NFL draft Saturday.
In January, after declaring his intentions to go pro. Peoples-Jones left behind a college career that didn’t materialize in the way so many envisioned.
In three seasons with the Wolverines, he caught 103 passes for 1,327 yards and produced 14 touchdown receptions. He also scored twice as a return specialist.
"I'm hoping Donovan Peoples-Jones is able to take his career to another level in Clevland as opposed to what he did at Michigan because I'll tell you this: He has tremendous size at 6-1 1/2, 212 pounds and ran a 4.