Current:Home > ContactCleveland Browns sign former Giants, Chiefs WR Kadarius Toney to practice squad -ChatGPT
Cleveland Browns sign former Giants, Chiefs WR Kadarius Toney to practice squad
View
Date:2025-04-18 00:42:48
The Cleveland Browns are adding another former first-round draft pick to their wide receiver room with hopes to potentially benefit from a change of scenery.
A league source confirmed for the Beacon Journal that the Browns are signing wide receiver Kadarius Toney to their practice squad. NFL Network's Ian Rapoport was the first to report the deal.
Toney signed with the Browns instead of the Seattle Seahawks, another team he visited. He's one of three former first-rounders in the wide receiver room between the active roster and practice squad, joining Amari Cooper (2015, No. 4 overall, Oakland Raiders) and Jerry Jeudy (2020, No. 15 overall, Denver Broncos).
Toney, 25, was originally selected by the New York Giants with the 20th overall pick in the first round of the draft out of the University of Florida. When he came out of college, he was seen as potential a jack-of-all-trades kind of wide receiver who could help both in the passing and running games, but also in the return game as well.
That's never quite happened for Toney, who was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs in October 2022. Over his year-and-a-half with New York, he only made five starts in 12 games, catching 41 passes for 420 yards and no touchdowns, with another five carries for 29 yards.
PLAY TO WIN $5K: USA TODAY's Pro Football Survivor Pool is free to enter. Sign up now!
The Chiefs utilized Toney more on punt returns in the 20 games he played for them, and he averaged 7.4 yards on 16 returns. However, he only had 41 catches for 320 yards and three touchdowns with Kansas City, along with another 16 carries for 90 yards and a score.
Kansas City did not pick up Toney's fifth-year option by the May deadline this year, and he was released on Aug. 27.
Chris Easterling can be reached at ceasterling@thebeaconjournal.com. Read more about the Browns at www.beaconjournal.com/sports/browns. Follow him on X at @ceasterlingABJ
veryGood! (5158)
Related
- Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
- NTSB holds forum on pilots' mental health, chair says the existing rules are arcane
- 23andMe: Hackers accessed data of 6.9 million users. How did it happen?
- Scientists: Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- House censures Rep. Jamaal Bowman for falsely pulling fire alarm
- 6 Republicans who falsely certified that Trump won Nevada in 2020 indicted
- Israel faces mounting calls for new cease-fire in war with Hamas from U.N. and Israeli hostage families
- Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword puzzle, Triathlon
- Advocates say a Mexican startup is illegally selling a health drink from an endangered fish
Ranking
- Could your smelly farts help science?
- Amazon’s plans to advance its interests in California laid bare in leaked memo
- The absurd way the 2-10 New England Patriots can still make the NFL playoffs
- Free toy store in Nashville gives families the dignity of choice while shopping for holiday gifts
- As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
- Man suspected of firing shotgun outside Jewish temple in upstate New York faces federal charges
- Advocates say a Mexican startup is illegally selling a health drink from an endangered fish
- Emma Stone comes alive in the imaginative 'Poor Things'
Recommendation
The White House is cracking down on overdraft fees
Woman charged with attempted arson of Martin Luther King Jr. birthplace in Atlanta
Two GOP presidential debates are set for Iowa and New Hampshire in January before the voting begins
Copa América draw: USMNT shares group with Uruguay, Panama
Charges tied to China weigh on GM in Q4, but profit and revenue top expectations
Oprah Winfrey opens up about weight loss transformation: 'I intend to keep it that way'
German rail workers begin 24-hour strike as pay talks stall
North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer's son in police chase that ends in deputy's death