Cleveland Browns roster cuts: Team announces initial 53-man roster

Cleveland Browns roster cuts: Team announces initial 53-man roster
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The following players were waived, cut, or placed on IR by the Cleveland Browns, trimming their roster to the league-required 53 players. Make sure you react to all of the cuts in the comments section below! The final 53-man roster is also at the bottom of this post.

Some moves were made official on Sunday, along with the Browns trading a quarterback on Monday and making another trade Tuesday morning. We kept you up to date on all the reports and rumors in our tracker.


OFFENSIVE PLAYERS CUT

  • QB Tyler Huntley
  • RB Pierre Strong Jr.
  • RB Trayveon Williams
  • RB Ahmani Marshall
  • WR Diontae Johnson
  • WR Kaden Davis
  • WR Chase Cota
  • WR Kisean Johnson
  • WR Cade McDonald
  • TE Sal Cannella
  • TE Mitch Van Vooren
  • OT Jackson Barton
  • OG Javion Cohen
  • OT Jason Ivey
  • OT Lorenzo Thompson
  • OT Kilian Zierer
  • T Sebastian Gutierrez
  • G Dartanyan Tinsley
  • C Bucky Williams

DEFENSIVE PLAYERS CUT

  • DE K.J. Henry
  • DT Ralph Holley
  • DT Sam Kamara
  • DE Titus Leo
  • DE Julian Okwara
  • LB Marvin Moody
  • LB Charlie Thomas III
  • S Nik Needham
  • CB Tony Brown II
  • CB Chigozie Anusiem
  • CB Christian Holmes
  • CB Keenan Isaac
  • CB Darius Rush
  • CB LaMareon James
  • S Chris Edmonds

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYERS CUT

  • K Dustin Hopkins

RESERVE/NON-FOOTBALL INJURY LIST

  • WR David Bell

RESERVE/PUP LIST

  • QB Deshaun Watson

RESERVE/INJURED LIST

  • LB Winston Reid

PASSED PHYSICAL

  • DT Mike Hall Jr.

Other Notes

  • As always, remember that this is the initial 53-man roster. The full roster is below.
  • DT Mike Hall Jr is on the roster after passing his physical.
  • Cleveland only has two running backs for now, something which will change probably with the waiver wire.
  • Dustin Hopkins was cut, losing the kicker battle to Andre Szymt.

Initial 53-Man Roster (as of 8/26/25)


How are you feeling about the Browns initial 53-man roster?