List of Undrafted Free Agents to Sign With Cleveland

Chris Pokorny — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:41:20 -0000

8 months ago: FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2008 file photo, Texas Tech quarterback Graham Harrell throws during the NCAA college football game in Lubbock, Texas. They spend their college careers rewriting record books. It's all great until draft day rolls around. Many don't get picked, or if they do, it's much farther down the list than they'd hoped. These are the quarterbacks of the shotgun, the spread, the dreaded "system" offenses that are taking over college football these days. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

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As more reports come in, this list will be updated. After the 2009 NFL Draft finished, the Cleveland Browns have reportedly signed the following undrafted free agents:

QB Graham Harrel of Texas Tech (Source)
QB Kyle Zeltinger of Univ. of Maryland
WR Jordan Norwood of Penn State (Source)
WR Brent Casteel of Utah (Source)
WR Eddie Thompson of Idaho State (Source)
TE Mike Massey of Michigan (Source) *Attended St. Ignatius
OG Marlon Davis of Alabama (Source)
DL Adam Hoppel of Cincinnati
DE Marcus Benard of JSU (Source)
S Jason Venson of UCF (Source)
S Nate Ness of Arizona
DB Corey Boudreaux of SDSU (Source)
DB Bryan Williams of Akron (Source)
DB Antonio Smith of Bowling Green (Source)
P Chris Lynch of UAlbany (Source)

*UAPB free safety Stewart Franks will find out later this week if the Browns will sign him, according to a report.

*Another potential tryout player in WR Tre'dale Tolver of Cal Poly, according to this report.

*Long snapper Danny Dutmerof Wyoming will have a workout with the Browns.

*Offensive lineman Jeff Niedermier of Buffalo will try out

*Defensive back David Hyland will have a try out.

UPDATE: Boo. A slight bummer to hear that the Browns were not able to bring CSU's J'Nathan Bullock on board. According to the Green Bay Press Gazette, the New York Jets have signed him. Nonetheless, I'm happy to hear that Bullock was picked up by somebody, and it'll be interesting to follow his progress.

UPDATE: Another note on a local Clevelander, for those who like to follow the natives. QB Brian Hoyer, who attended St. Ignatius High School and then Michigan State, was signed by the New England Patriots. The first thing you can think of is "lucky SOB", eh?

If you find any reports on UDFA's the Browns have signed, please post them here!

Game Day: Louisville vs. Cincinnati

Mike Rutherford — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:44:38 -0000

LOUISVILLE CARDINALS (5-4, 1-3) vs. CINCINNATI BEARCATS (7-2, 3-1)

Game Time: 8 p.m.

Location: Papa John's Cardinal Stadium: Louisville, Ky.

Television: ESPN2

Announcers: Sean McDonough/Chris Spielman/Rob Stone

Favorite: Cincinnati by 4

All-Time Series: Cincinnati leads 25-21-1 (For the record, U of L says 26-20-2, but we'll go with the mark that makes us look the best)

Last Meeting: Louisville won 28-24 in 2007

Excitement Level (1-10): 5.8

Only because there's a friggin' keg of friggin' nails at stake.

Game Attire: Black Zack Stoudt jersey

Whatever. It's got more w's than anything else this year. Plus, it's awesome.

Predicted Star of the Game: Victor Anderson

Every single person who's talked about this game has stressed Louisville's need to establish the run. There's a reason for that.

Obscure and Bold Prediction: Hunter Cantwell doesn't throw an interception.

Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind.

Notable and Quotable

--Louisville has won the last five in this series, and nine of the last ten. Cincinnati's lone win over that span was a 24-14 victory at PJCS in 2002.

--The UC defense has produced 16 sacks over its last six games.

--The last two Big East players to return a kickoff 100-yards for a touchdown are UC's Mardy Gilyard (last week vs. West Virginia) and U of L's Trent Guy (last season against Kentucky).

--Steve Kragthorpe is 2-2 against ranked foes at U of L.

--Mike Mickens is really good.

--"It's not much of a rivalry when you don't beat the other team. We need to make this a rivalry." --Brian Kelly

--"(The Keg is) one thing I'd really like to get before I leave." --Adam Hoppel

--"We're going to fight. I'm convinced we have a team of fighters. They're frustrated, but they're frustrated in a good way. I think they're fighting their butts off. ... I still feel good about this team. I feel good about our chances." --Steve Kragthorpe

--"We still have goals ahead of us; we still want to get to a bowl game. We can't stop fighting. You have to have pride." --Adrian Grady

--"Because of the way we played in the last two weeks, we're not in the Big East race right now mathematically. But there's still a lot of season to play. We want to take our team to a bowl game. We want to continue to play well. We want to win these last three games of the season." --Steve Kragthorpe

SB Nation - Adam Hoppel

List of Undrafted Free Agents to Sign With Cleveland

Game Day: Louisville vs. Cincinnati