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- Browns
- Updated: Jan. 04, 2026, 11:31 a.m.
- Published: Jan. 04, 2026, 11:30 a.m.
CINCINNATI — The Browns rookie people deed nan 2025 play pinch a bang but will extremity it pinch a whimper.
Tight extremity Harold Fannin Jr. is inactive aft being ruled retired Friday pinch a groin injury. Fannin re-aggravated nan wounded while scoring a touchdown against nan Steelers past week.
Other Browns inactives connected Sunday are violative tackle Jeremiah Byers, halfway Kingsley Eguakun (knee, shoulder), wide receiver Jamari Thrash, tight extremity David Njoku (knee) and protect tackle Sam Kamara.
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Fannin and linebacker Carson Schwesinger, who was placed connected injured reserve connected Saturday pinch a quad injury, some will spot their rookie seasons extremity a week early.
Rookie moving backmost Quinshon Judkins suffered a play ending wounded against nan Bills successful Week 16.
That leaves rookie quarterbacks Shedeur Sanders and Dillon Gabriel and moving backmost Dylan Sampson arsenic nan past men opinionated connected what has been a successful rookie class.
Fannin finishes his rookie play arsenic nan squad leader successful receptions (72), yards (731) and receiving touchdowns (6).
While nan early is agleam for him and his chap rookies, this could awesome nan extremity of Njoku’s clip successful Cleveland. The 29-year-old is simply a free supplier aft this play and has struggled nan past 2 years pinch injury. Like Fannin, he was injured catching a touchdown walk against nan Titans.
In 118 games pinch nan Browns, Njoku has 384 catches for 4,062 yards and 34 touchdowns.
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Dan Labbe has been a Browns newsman since 2016. A postgraduate of Kent State University, he started astatine cleveland.com successful 2006 and has held various roles, including sports shaper and societal media producer. Prior...
