We saw this a few years ago during the 2022 NFL Draft when Kenny Pickett was the only quarterback taken in the first round, and he went 20th to the Steelers. That was a QB class widely considered to be weak.

At pick 33, the Cleveland Browns should be pleased to select Iowa’s Kaleb Johnson, a dynamic and smooth runner who was the engine of his offense in 2024. Johnson is a proven explosive playmaker, rushing for 15 or more yards on 28 of his 240 rushes in his final season for the Hawkeyes.

It’s one of the worst-kept secrets in the NFL that the Raiders need a QB, and they were aggressive in their effort to land their signal caller of the future in the draft. They have an extra third-round pick as a result of the Davante Adams trade, so they didn’t hesitate to ship one out to land their guy: Sanders.

Here are five potential prospects the Cleveland Browns should look out for with the No. 33 pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.

Could the Cleveland Browns turn to Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders in the 2025 NFL draft? They do in a new mock draft. Written over at Daft on Draft, they had the Browns using the No. 2 overall pick on a new quarterback as they navigate the mess left behind by the Deshaun Watson trade.

A popular draft analyst returns with his first mock draft in nearly two years, and he’s heard from sources about the Browns QB plan