Once viewed as a potential first-round pick, Dawand Jones fell to the Cleveland Browns all the way in Round Four. The hulking, 6-8 tackle nevertheless entered the starting lineup as a rookie due to injury and played well. He started 9 of 11 games at right tackle before himself suffering a knee injury—as did their other tackles.
Both LT Jedrick Wills Jr. and RT Jack Conklin suffered MCL injuries that ended their seasons, the latter in the first game of the season. Jones filled in for the remainder of that game and for the rest of the year leading up to his injury.