San Diego State football graduate assistant Ryan Lindley was named the Cleveland Browns’ running backs coach Wednesday morning.
Lindley played quarterback for the Aztecs from 2008-11 before being drafted in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals.
After a four-year NFL stint, he helped train numerous quarterbacks coming out of college, including Carson Wentz and Jared Goff.
Lindley joined the Aztecs earlier this year as a graduate assistant for the secondary.
Head coach Rocky Long left Monday’s practice to go home, not expecting a surprise visit from one of his assistants later in the evening.