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Browns sign Josh Gordon

brown helmet 300 copyBy selecting Gordon, the Browns will not have their second-round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.

The Cleveland Browns signed wide receiver Josh Gordon, the team announced.

Gordon was selected by the club in the second round of the 2012 Supplemental Draft held last Thursday.

Gordon was a two-year letterman at Baylor University (2009-10), where he totaled 43 career receptions for 721 yards and seven touchdowns. As a sophomore in 2010, he caught 42 passes for 714 yards and a team-high seven touchdowns. His yardage total ranked second on the squad while his 17.0-yard-average-per reception was first.

He joins Greg Little, one of the most productive first-year wide receivers in the National Football League in 2011 and finished with one of the best seasons by a Cleveland Browns rookie pass-catcher.

Little caught 61 passes for 709 yards and two touchdowns. His 61 catches ranked second behind Cincinnati Bengals rookie A.J. Green, while the 709 yards were fifth among first-year NFL players in 2011. Little was just five receptions shy of Kevin Johnson’s franchise rookie record of 66 catches, which was set in 1999.

In addition to Little’s productivity, the Browns got a lift from veteran Josh Cribbs.

Cribbs had a career year with 41 catches for 518 yards and four touchdowns. He entered the 2011 season with 580 yards and three touchdowns on 59 career receptions.

Mohamed Massaquoi, during his rookie season in 2009, caught 34 passes for 624 yards and three touchdowns, including a 59-yarder atDetroit’s Ford Field on Nov. 2. His 34 receptions were tied for the most on the team, while the 624 yards were the most on the Browns.

Massaquoi was just the fourth rookie in team history and first since Johnson, in 1999, to lead the Browns in receiving yards. Massaquoi averaged 18.35 yards-per-reception, nearly a full yard better than the previous franchise record of 17.69 yards-per-catch set by Pro Football Hall of Famer Paul Warfield in 1964.

However, since then, Massaquoi has battled injury problems and caught just 67 passes for 867 yards and four touchdowns in 2010 and 2011 combined.

“He’s had a great offseason,” Browns coach Pat Shurmur said of Massaquoi. “I’m very pleased with where he is. I think he came in healthy this offseason and he’s taken advantage of the reps he’s gotten and he’s made plays out here. I think that’s money in the bank for him as he gets ready for training camp and the season.”

The Browns added depth and size to their wide receiver corps with the selection of formerBaylorUniversitywideout Josh Gordon in the second round of the 2012 NFL Supplemental Draft on July 12.

 

Gordon, a 6-foot-3, 225-pound wide receiver who ran a sub-4.6 second 40-yard dash during his recent Pro Day workout, spent two years at Baylor, where he caught 43 passes for 721 yards and seven touchdowns.

 

During his sophomore season with the Bears, Gordon caught 42 passes for 714 yards and a team-best seven touchdowns. He ranked second on the team in total yardage and finished with a 17.0 yards-per-reception average.

 

By selecting Gordon, the Browns will not have their second-round pick in the 2013 NFL Draft.

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