The Cleveland Browns did not select him in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft simply in order to fill that role, but coaches have been making comparisons between safety Jabrill Peppers with Josh Cribbs, the greatest returner in team history, and among the best of this century.
Peppers, the Michigan do-everything player who played virtually every position in college, is working on transitioning to a full-time starting safety at the NFL level, but his coaches have already been talking about how to get him involved in other aspects of the game, including in the return game, and even some touches on offense.