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Browns give Stow High School graduate Jonte Pooler chance to live ‘childhood dream’
https://www.ohio.com/sports/20190501/bro...childhood-dream


Jonte Pooler got the gift he wanted on his 23rd birthday.

His agent, Tyrone Barnes, called him Saturday night after the NFL Draft and told him one team had extended an invitation to try out at its rookie minicamp. The team was Pooler’s hometown Browns.

“It was my childhood dream to play for them,” Pooler, an Akron native and Stow High School graduate, said Wednesday by phone. “I’ve really wanted to talk it into existence for years.”

Pooler is scheduled to report Thursday to Browns headquarters in Berea. He’ll join 30 or so tryout players, the undrafted free agents the team plans to sign and its 2019 draft class. The minicamp practices are slated to run Friday through Sunday.

It’s a coveted opportunity for the cornerback who spent the past five years at the University of Charleston, a Division II school in West Virginia.

Pooler, 6-foot and about 185 pounds, isn’t taking it lightly, either. He’s been scouting wide receivers he’s heard will attend the minicamp.

“I’ve watched some film on them just to get a little bit of knowledge on them before I go in there ’cause I’ll have a better chance of slowing them down, stopping them,” said Pooler, who finished his career at Charleston with 113 tackles, including five for loss, 35 pass breakups, five interceptions and two forced fumbles.

“Everybody’s physical at the next level. Everybody can run and jump. I just try to work on my mental game and separate myself from anybody else and what they’re trying to do.”

The rookie minicamp won’t be Pooler’s first chance to impress the Browns.

He participated in their local pro day on April 12 and received compliments from director of college scouting Steve Malin and scout Max Paulus, both of whom told him they would be in touch.

“I felt good about the Browns, and it was crazy because that’s my favorite team, and that’s the one team that I really wanted to go to if I had a chance,” Pooler said.

It can be difficult to garner attention from NFL teams at a small school like Charleston, but Pooler received some help from a couple of his teammates.

Barberton High School graduate John Cominsky became a standout defensive end and attracted scouts to practices the past couple of seasons. He became the first Charleston player to be drafted since 1951 when the Atlanta Falcons picked him Saturday in the fourth round (No. 135 overall). Another Charleston defensive end, Kahzin Daniels, received an undrafted free-agent deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“Getting in front of the scouts anytime I could, even if they were there for John or Kahz, it was still a good opportunity for me,” Pooler said. “I got to talk to a couple of teams then. Nothing really serious, but it definitely helped expose me as much as possible during that time.”

Coming out of high school, Pooler’s lone Division I scholarship offer was pulled by Kent State and given to another recruit. He chose Charleston over Mount Union and redshirted his first year. When he played as a redshirt freshman, he suffered a torn labrum and had shoulder surgery. The injury interfered with his sophomore season, too.

“I just didn’t think I was physically ready,” he said. “So I had to take the weight room more seriously than I had been.”

Pooler became a regular in the lineup the past two seasons. He earned second-team All-Mountain East Conference honors last year as a senior. He posted a time of 4.48 seconds in the 40-yard dash this spring while working out at Shepherd University’s pro day.

It has all led Pooler from off the NFL’s radar to an audition with the Browns, and he’s feeling good about his chances to hold his own against better-known prospects while attempting to earn a contract.

“I’m confident in my abilities against anybody,” he said. “I will never say I can’t do anything that somebody else can. I mean, it’s great that they went to Ohio State or a big school. I wish I could’ve went to a school like that, but now we’re in the same position, so really I’m not worried about what school or what status. We’re on the same field now. We’re in the same opportunity, and I’m here to do what I have to do to make the team.”

The Cleveland Browns have signed 15 undrafted free agents. Additionally, the club waived LB D’Juan Hines and DE Lenny Jones (injury settlement).

The group of undrafted free agents is made of eight offensive players, six defensive players and a specialist. The positions include three offensive linemen and a pair of wide receivers, defensive linemen, defensive backs and linebackers. The team also signed a running back, quarterback, tight end and punter. Rookie minicamp will run from Friday to Sunday.

Table inside Article
Name Pos Ht Wt College Hometown
Dorian Baker WR 6-3 213 Kentucky Cleveland Heights, Ohio
David Blough QB 6-0 200 Purdue Carrollton, Texas
Stephen Carlson TE 6-4 240 Princeton Jamestown, N.Y.
Brian Fineanganofo T 6-6 304 Idaho State Los Angeles, Calif.
Jamie Gillan P 6-1 207 Arkansas Pine-Bluff Leonardtown, Md.
Darrin Hall RB 6-0 217 Pittsburgh Youngstown, Ohio
J.T. Hassell S 5-11 200 Florida Tech Titusville, Fla.
DJ Montgomery WR 6-1 201 Austin Peay Durant, Miss.
Jarrell Owens DE 6-3 262 Oklahoma State Palestine, Texas
Jermaine Ponder CB 6-1 195 Saint Francis (Pa.) Rochester, N.Y.
Wyatt Ray DE 6-3 257 Boston College Boca Raton, Fla.
Anthony Stubbs LB 6-0 220 Prairie View A&M Millville, N.J.
Trevon Tate C 6-3 306 Memphis Houston, Texas
Willie Wright C 6-3 300 Tulsa Houston, Texas
Dedrick Young II LB 6-0 233 Nebraska Peoria, Ariz.

https://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/bro...medium=referral

OFFENSE
QB David Blough - Purdue - 6-0, 200 lbs.
RB Darrin Hall - Pittsburgh - 6-0, 217 lbs.
WR Dorian Baker - Kentucky - 6-3, 213 lbs.
WR D.J. Montgomery - Austin Peay - 6-1, 201 lbs.
TE Stephen Carlson - Princeton - 6-4, 240 lbs.
OT Brian Fineanganofo - Idaho State - 6-6, 304 lbs.
C Trevon Tate - Memphis - 6-3, 306 lbs.
C Willie Wright - Tulsa - 6-3, 300 lbs.

DEFENSE
DE Wyatt Ray - Boston College - 6-3, 257 lbs.
DE Jarrell Owens - Oklahoma State - 6-3, 262 lbs.
LB Anthony Stubbs - Prairie View A&M - 6-0, 220 lbs.
LB Dedrick Young II - Nebraska - 6-0, 233 lbs.
CB Jermaine Ponder - Saint Francis (Pa.) - 6-1, 195 lbs.
S J.T. Hassell - Florida Tech - 5-11, 200 lbs.

SPECIAL TEAMS
P Jamie Gillan - Arkansas Pine-Bluff - 6-1, 207 lbs.

Darrin Hall is an interesting guy if we move Duke. He's also a Youngstown kid. (even though it was Fitch)

Yeah, Hall is someone I've been intrigued with too

Trevon Tate is interesting to me. His testing wasn't great, but he moves well on tape. I could see him being an asset on kick returns. He set up so many of Memphis' long runs by getting to the second level.

Dorian Baker's mom is a coworker of mine. Given that he is a WR, his chances of making the 53 are probably slim, but I'm excited for him and his chance to put down some good film, maybe make the practice squad.

Wasn't he their LT? Interesting that we list him @OC.

I think that we brought in some possible gems as UDFAs'...

DEs' Wyatt Ray  & Jarrell Owens
both have untapped potential imo.

--Owens ran a 4.68 :40 w/39" vertical, and 22 reps on the bench, at his pro-day. He looks like a strong side DE, if his potential can be tapped by coaching.

--Ray often times looked to be the better DE over Allen on tape, minus Allen's strength as a bull rusher, Ray is more finesse as a pass rusher, and probably a better fit on the weak side.

--QB David Blough's 66% accuracy last season and 25 TDs' to 10 ints' ... I like him as a developmental 3rd QB.
The other two veteran's can battle for the backup role.

--J.T. Hassell is a UDFA version of Peppers who was used outside of his position in College, but with a 4.38 :40 time, he has the speed to make the transition to SS.

Just to name a few...

https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2019/5/3/18528860/browns-trying-out-30-players-at-rookie-minicamp

The Cleveland Browns released a list today of the 30 players who are participating in rookie minicamp on a tryout basis. This is in addition to 28 other players who are there between the team’s draft picks, undrafted free agents who were signed to the 90-man roster, and some first-year players who are already on the Browns’ roster.

If the team wants to sign more than two of the players participating on a tryout basis, they will have to waive a few of their other players.

Tryout Players at Browns Rookie Minicamp
Pos Name Ht Wt College
QB Justice Hansen 6-2 220 Arkansas State
RB James Madison 5-10 215 Idaho State
RB Jacques Patrick 6-2 226 Florida State
RB/FB Trayone Gray 6-1 233 Miami (Fla.)
WR Chris Osei-Kusi 6-0 192 Queens (Canada)
WR Darrion Landry 6-0 186 Texas A&M Commerce
WR Kyrion Parker 6-2 207 Central Missouri State
TE Seth Hebert 6-3 236 Central Missouri State
TE Ravian Pierce 6-2 247 Syracuse
TE Mavin Saunders 6-4 236 Kansas
TE Evan Wick 6-3 242 East Tennessee State
OT Travis Vornkahl 6-5 286 West Texas A&M
OT Keenan Walker 6-6 300 Independence JC
OG Carlos Johnson 6-3 342 Middle Tennessee State
OG Odell Miller 6-3 301 Western Michigan
DT Stone Hart 6-2 306 Harvard
DT Gary Moore 6-2 305 Minnesota
DT Deyon Sizer 6-2 279 Colo. St. Pueblo
DE Stefen Banks 6-1 238 Savannah St.
DE Walter Brady 6-2 264 Akron
DE Doug Subtyl 6-2 260 Arizona State
LB Brian Bell 6-2 227 Akron
LB Willie Harvey 5-11 229 Iowa State
LB James Nachtigal 6-0 226 Army
LB Peyton Pelluer 6-0 228 Washington State
CB Jhavonte Dean 6-1 185 Miami (Fla.)
CB Jonte Pooler 5-10 178 Charleston (W. Va.)
CB Amani Dennis 5-10 170 Carthage
S Jontrell Rocquemore 6-1 207 Utah State
S Bo Brooks 6-0 211 Missouri S&T
S Aaron Wade 6-0 202 Utah State
S Josh Allen 5-11 204 Miami (Ohio)
K Spenser Thompson-Meyers 6-0 195 St. Norbert
LS Nick Reinhardt 6-0 244 Arizona

There's one for the all name team.

Stone Hart, I'm guessing he's not very nice.

Fitch ROCKS

He did play LT for them the past 2 seasons. Good catch. I completely missed the center designation. Was too focused on the names.

He does have more of an interior body type. Tretter is in the last year of his contract, so trying to have a viable replacement would give us a bit of leverage in negotiations. At least wouldn't let his agent hold us over a barrel.

j/c...

All these UDFA and Tryout kids.

We are hoping to get maybe ONE that will compete for a starting job on our team.

We are hoping to bolster a couple of more kids that will improve the bottom of our barrel and make the team on ST and make that unit more strong.

There could be 1 possibly 2 that come out of this turning out to be legitimate football players and make a career.

I did see a lot of Local flavor in many of these kids. I can only ASSume that a kid's dream of playing for the Browns would put in such a "RUDY" effort that could possibly elevate many others. Having 10 or so many can change the entire attitude of the rookies working out.

All the best and hope we got a dark horse candidate out of these additions!

jmho - remember when we would get excited about a UDFA signing as if they will turn our entire TEAM AROUND

I like this kid. I hope he does well, whether with the Browns or another team. Cool story.

The legend of the Scottish Hammer precedes punting prospect Jamie Gillan to Browns rookie camp

http://www.espn.com/blog/cleveland/post/...wns-rookie-camp

Jamie Gillan was a legend before he earned a free-agent contract to Browns rookie camp.

Pony-tailed, speaks with a Scottish brogue, can punt the ball 70 yards left-footed either stationary or moving rugby style, literally kicked the air out of three footballs training on his own, nicknamed “the Scottish Hammer,” earned a scholarship at Arkansas-Pine Bluff through a Facebook invitation without even knowing the state of Arkansas existed.

“Two months ago, nobody even knew my name,” Gillan said. “I have the best representation in America [ISA Sports, founded by two students at Ohio Northern University].”

Gillan grew up in the Scottish Highlands and attended boarding schools while his father worked in the Royal Air Force as a navigator on anti-submarine aircraft, and was transferred to Leonardtown, MD, on the Chesapeake Bay.

Gillan rejoined his family after three years and played high school soccer and rugby. When he attended a football game and saw the field goal kicker shank the ball into his offensive lineman, Gillan volunteered for the job. He kicked in five games and the coach nicknamed him the Scottish Hammer.

So how did he end up at Arkansas-Pine Bluff?

Gillan was set to accept a scholarship to Bowie State in Maryland, and then learned of a scholarship opening at Arkansas-Pine Bluff. He downloaded a video of himself kicking to the Facebook application and was offered a scholarship.

“Free weight room, free balls to kick, free food, so I’m happy,” Gillan said. “I’d never heard of the state of Arkansas in my life. On the plane, I pulled out a map and saw Pine Bluff and said, ‘This looks like a decent place.’”

At Arkansas, Gillan punted and place-kicked. In four years, he averaged 42.2 yards per punt. He also made 20 of 29 field goals last season with a long of 47 yards.

Gillan started to gain notice when he won the punting competition at the renowned Arizona Kicking Combine in March.

He also a big boost when NFL Network featured him on its morning show prior to the draft, comparing him to Seattle phenom Michael Dickson, the native of Australia who became the first punter in 35 years to make the Pro Bowl as a rookie.

Prior to the draft, Gillan was notified of a tryout jointly arranged by the Browns and 49ers. Preparing for the tryout, Gillan said he bought four footballs and three of them deflated after one workout. The Browns and 49ers promptly sent him six apiece.

“It was like Christmas,” he said.

When Gillan went undrafted, 20 teams called to sign him, including the Patriots, whose coach Bill Belichick famously craves punters who are left-footed.

Gillan chose to sign with the Browns for a couple reasons.

“Mr. Priefer and Mr. Dorsey,” he said.

Mike Priefer, Browns new special teams coach, had similar expertise in the U.S. Navy as Gillan’s father – “So we had some conversations,” Gillan said. And John Dorsey, Browns GM, is a native of Leonardtown, MD, where Gillan’s family relocated.

Does Gillan have a chance to stick with the Browns?

“Wait ‘til you see the ball come off his foot,” Dorsey marveled.

The odds are small, for now. But what were the odds of a Scottish rugby player making it to an NFL rookie camp?

Browns veteran punter Britton Colquitt is coming off another typically strong season. But at 34, entering his 10th NFL season, Colquitt’s contract is out of guarantees, and that makes him vulnerable to the newest competitor.

Hell, yeah: Some observations from coach Freddie Kitchens …

* On cornerback Greedy Williams, who seemed to get his hands on more balls, including one interception, on his second practice:

“I think Greedy just needs to continue to get better, just like everybody else. Football is about one-on-one matchups in a team setting. Greedy needs to win his one-on-one matchups. When we’re playing man coverage, the person doesn’t need to catch the ball on Greedy. If balls are getting caught on Greedy, just like Denzel [Ward], it needs to be zone coverage.”

* On an apparent emphasis on special teams in the draft and in undrafted signings:

“The biggest change is we’re going to be better on special teams, I promise you that.”

* On the offensive linemen at the rookie camp, led by sixth-round tackle Drew Forbes of Southeast Missouri State:

“I’ll say this, this may be the best group, in this setting … minicamp, tryout guys, free agent guys … this is the best offensive line I’ve ever been a part of and I’ve been in the league 13 years. I’ve never seen a group collectively this good. We can actually function on offense. Sometimes in this camp setting that’s hard to do.”

Darrin Hall went undrafted in the 2019 draft class.

Darrin Hall posted a Elite #RAS with Good size, Good speed, Okay explosiveness, Great agility at the RB position.
#Browns



https://twitter.com/MathBomb/status/1124997969898627072

The Scottish Hammer will be a training camp favorite for sure

Percent chance he beats out Colquitt?

Zero

50%

Being left-footed, with strong leg, significantly younger, and cheaper than Colquitt (who i think is good, especially dropping punts inside the 10) gives him a decent chance of winning the competition.

Yep Zero

I think it’s very low but I don’t think it’s zero.

The contract is a huge factor. He also predated John Dorsey.

Bottomline is that if he’s better he should stay.

Colquit could tear a hamstring

Nothing is 0%.

The pluses for the rook are that he is significantly younger than Colquitt, and has a much stronger leg. He also *could* be our punter for the next decade, whereas Colquitt might only have a year or 2 left.

I don't expect him to win the punt job, but I won't totally discount it either.

The main factors will be things like hang time, accuracy and placement.

Colquitt seems to be very good in all those departments. Placing the ball inside the 10 yard line and hang time is an essential part of being a punter.

I have no idea of how well Gillan can execute these things but so far we've only heard a lot about his power. That alone isn't the bar set for punters.

LB Willie Harvey 5-11 229 Iowa State

Any chance Willie could be a SS candidate?

Yeah he's slight for a LB

He's a 5 pound burrito away from being the same size as Devin Bush. *shrug*

Willie Harvey Draftscout Profile Link

Dates: 03/26/19
Hand: 10 1/8
Arm: 30 1/2
Wingspan: 76 3/8

Height: 5112
Weight: 229
40 Yrd Dash: 4.65
20 Yrd Dash: 2.64
10 Yrd Dash: 1.59
225 Lb. Bench Reps: 18
Vertical Jump: 34
Broad Jump: 10'0''
20 Yrd Shuttle: 4.49
3-Cone Drill: 7.08

You're biased because of your screen name. kidding. I agree with your post. I'd say 25% right now, which is decent considering Colquitt's career

Meet the Scottish Hammer, Browns punter Jamie Gillan
Competition for both kicker spots will heat up soon enough
By Barry Shuck May 5, 2019, 10:33pm EDT

https://www.dawgsbynature.com/2019/5/5/18530545/meet-the-scottish-hammer-browns-punter-jamie-gillan

Everyone knows that the Browns have one of the best punters in the NFL with veteran Britton Colquitt who was named second alternate to the Pro Bowl last season.

And at kicker? That is where Cleveland has struggled in recent years.

The answer was supposed to be Zane Gonzalez who was drafted in the seventh-round of the 2017 NFL draft. Gonzalez broke the career record in college football for field goals with 96 and owns the record for most points with 468. But he struggled with the Browns. In the second game against the New Orleans Saints in 2018 he missed two FGs, two PATs and then missed the potential game-winner in the final seconds. The week before against the Pittsburgh Steelers, his final FG attempt was blocked. Ultimately, the Browns could have begun the season 2-0-0, but instead found themselves 0-1-1. The day after the Saints fiasco, Gonzalez was cut.

Cleveland then signed Greg Joseph, an undrafted rookie who had been cut in Miami Dolphins camp. Joseph completed the year going 17-20 on FGs and 25 of 29 PATs. The Browns seemed to want a bit more production out of their field goal team and drafted K Austin Seibert out of Oklahoma in the fifth-round of this year’s draft. Siebert shined at this year’s Senior Bowl. One of these two will become the franchise’s kicker this year.

Hammer Time
GM John Dorsey has placed an emphasis on making the special teams unit better this upcoming season. The Dallas Morning News ranks every NFL club’s special teams units annually, and last year ranked the 2018 Browns number 30 (of 32 teams).

Now that Dorsey has provided excellent competition at the kicker position, he looked at a battle at punter as well. Not that the Browns are unhappy with Colquitt. But when a professional athlete thinks that his job is on the line, many times that single player will elevate his game and get to another level he didn’t realize was inside of himself.

Years ago, the Kansas City Chiefs had future Hall of Fame Morten Andersen as their kicker. Management brought in a young buck by the name of Lawrence Tynes as camp fodder, but Tynes ended up winning the job from the highly-acclaimed veteran.


So with the kicker competition set, Dorsey brought in University of Arkansas Pine-Bluff punter Jamie Gillan as one of the team’s Top-30 player visits on April 10 to tour the facilities and have dinner. Next, he was signed to a training camp contract to compete for the starting job.

Who exactly is Gillan? Why is he the beholder of one of the most awesome nicknames “The Scottish Hammer.”

Gillan was born in England, but grew up in Scotland because his father is a member of the Royal Armed Forces. Equipped with a copious Scottish accent, that part of the nickname falls into place, but what about that “hammer” bit? His high school coach gave it to Gillan after he reeled off an 80-yard punt in a game.

Oh, and get this: Gillan (6’-2”, 207 pounds) attended the same Maryland high school as Dorsey.

The game of football is full of rugby-style punters these days, and yes, Gillan is a former soccer and rugby player. And because of this, he enjoys contact. He is also a kickoff specialist and enjoys contact there, too.

He came to the United States at age 16 after his father became employed at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Lexington Park, Maryland. As a former rugby player in England, he witnessed his very first American football game at his new high school. Although the game itself was foreign, the kicking aspects were not. After several games, Gillan told Leonardtown High School head coach Brian Woodburn that he could kick better than the horrible job their kicker was giving his team.

At a meeting set up with Woodburn the following day, the high school coach gave out instructions such as to boot a spiral, launch a punt end-over-end, torpedo style, kickoffs and then attempt some field goals. After beginning at close range, once he started nailing the longer FGs with consistency, all of the kicking functions with the squad were suddenly his.

He was playing soccer on the high school team at the same time, and on one particular Friday night finished a game with the varsity soccer team in early afternoon and then was rushed to the football field for that sport’s evening game.

The Rugby Star off to College
Gillan was courted by several NFL teams to sign as an undrafted free agent and ultimately chose the Browns. He also had a few colleges interested in him to kick from them out of high school. How he ended up at Arkansas Pine-Bluff has its own odd story. He explained it on the Houston Texans podcast “TexansWire” in April:

“I had actually been contacted by Boise State but didn’t sign any papers. A friend of mine was working for a gym and saw that Arkansas Pine-Bluff had posted on Facebook they were looking for a punter after their punter de-committed. My friend put my film on their website and they called me that night and offered me a full scholarship three weeks before camp. The way I approach life is attack every situation as it is being presented to you. I went home and told my mum and dad that I had accepted a scholarship with a school in Ar Kansas. Then we got out a map to find out where Ar Kansas was.”

Having played soccer all his life and then his devotion to the game of rugby definitely brought some kicking experience to the game of American football. But both of those sports have different styles of kicking, and sometimes off a tee which neither of the other sports even consider.

“The transition from soccer or rugby to football was weird. I was a rugby kid all around and just wanted to play rugby. I thought it was going to be simple as kicking a ball somewhere, but it is so much more with punting, kicking and kicking off a football. All of that I had to learn in college. Once I got to my sophomore year at APB I started to do some research about punters. The only thing I was missing was my flexibility at the time. And with the NFL teams that talked to me since graduating there was only a few tweaks. They actually like the way I have been doing it.”

Gillan just assumed his future would become as a professional rugby player. He loved the sport and loved the contact. In that game, more and more players are donning some sort of protective padding to areas such as elbows and knees, and recently even wearing headgear, but mostly the entire body is uncovered.

“Anyone was has played rugby with me knows that I have quite a fire inside me as far as tackling. I may not be the biggest guy on the field but I hit like I love it. And now with having to be on a certain diet and weight lifting, I am not the smallest guy on the field either. If push comes to shove and I have to make the hit - absolutely. I have a full football helmet on my head now. I have never had anyone return a kick for a touchdown in the four years I was in college. I will put my body on the line.”

At the 2019 Coach Zauner’s College Senior Combine held in March, Gillan was named the best punter. This link displays his highlights:

Colquitt vs. the Scottish Hammer

For comparisons, Gillan averaged 43.4 yards a kick for Arkansas Pine-Bluff, which is a D-1 school. Colquitt averaged 45.4 yards per punt last year and has a 45.5 career average over 10 seasons.

Colquitt is 34 years old while Gillan is 21.

Gillan had 27 drops inside the 20-yard line last year while Colquitt dropped 32 of 83 punts inside the 20 in 2018.

In 2018, Gillan was 20 of 29 FGs with a long of 52-yards, and was a four-year kickoff specialist. Colquitt just handles the punter position.

And Colquitt himself has booted a 79-yard punt in a game but has never been bequeathed with a cool kicker nickname.

Why the Browns?
After a solid showing at his pro day last month, he was contacted by 20 NFL clubs to sign as an undrafted free agent after the draft. He narrowed it down to the Browns and the San Francisco 49ers. Both clubs had sent FedEx packages of NFL footballs to him previously. He had four balls and literally destroyed three of them as each one was coming apart at the inner seams.

Both Cleveland and San Francisco gave him actual tryouts. He chose the Browns because of two things: special teams coach Mike Priefer, and Colquitt. Gillan knew of Colquitt’s experience, technique and fundamentals and if nothing else, could train from one of the league’s best while at the same time trying to display his job interview to the rest of the NFL coaches if Cleveland does not become his new home. Gillan developed a bond with Coach Priefer.

An unexpected injury has kept Gillan off the field during the rookie minicamp, but the Browns seem patient to wait and see what the Scottish Hammer can do once he is completely healthy and performs in actual preseason games.

I like Harvey's highlights.

Seems like he tackles well, makes good reads and sticks to his assignments (doesn't let PA fool him), and not bad in coverage.

He also has a knack for creating turnovers.

That was a good article, but a little misleading here. Gonzalez didn't struggle, he was INJURED. Convenient how they left that part out...