CLEVELAND — On Sunday, the Cleveland Browns put the final touches on the 53-man roster they will carry to start the 2019 season.
A day later, the team announced the following 11 players will comprise their practice squad to open the 2019 campaign:
Practice squad:
- T Paul Adams
- DT Brandin Bryant
- TE Stephen Carlson
- WR Shelton Gibson
- LB Willie Harvey
- S J.T. Hassell
- CB Robert Jackson
- RB Elijah McGuire
- WR Derrick Willies
- C Willie Wright
International practice squad:
- DB Tigie Sankoh
Eight of Cleveland's 11 practice squad members are already familiar with the Browns, having spent time with the team throughout the preseason before being waived ahead of Saturday's 4 p.m. ET roster deadline. Those players -- Bryant, Carlson, Harvey, Hassell, Jackson, Sankoh, Willies and Wright -- each went unclaimed and were eligible to re-sign with the Browns practice squad as a result.
Gibson (Eagles), Adams (Giants) and McGuire (Jets), meanwhile were signed by Cleveland after spending their preseasons elsewhere. Gibson is a graduate of Cleveland Heights High School who spent his college career at West Virginia and the first two seasons of his NFL career in Philadelphia, where he was a member of the Eagles' Super Bowl-winning roster in 2017.
McGuire, meanwhile, was selected by the Jets in the sixth round of the 2017 NFL Draft and appeared in 16 games as a rookie, rushing for 315 yards and 2 touchdowns. Last season, he appeared in 8 games -- including 3 starts -- rushing for 276 yards and 3 touchdowns before being released by New York as a part of the team's final roster cutdown this week.
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Members of an NFL practice squad are able to practice with the team but are not considered official members of its 53-man roster. They are also eligible to sign with any other team's 53-man roster throughout the season.
