Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry plays catch Friday at his Cystic Fibrosis Foundation benefit in Cleveland. [Nate Ulrich/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com] ▲ Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry talks with kids Friday at his Cystic Fibrosis Foundation benefit in Cleveland. [Nate Ulrich/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com] ▲ Browns wide receiver Jarvis Landry plays catch Friday at his Cystic Fibrosis Foundation benefit in Cleveland. [Nate Ulrich/Beacon Journal/Ohio.com] ▲

CLEVELAND — If Baker Mayfield felt stressed the week of his recent wedding, many of his Browns teammates were there to provide a distraction.

Wide receivers Jarvis Landry and Odell Beckham Jr. were among the players who worked out with Mayfield the first week of July on UCLA's campus. Then Landry, Beckham and others stayed in the Los Angeles area to attend the July 6 wedding of Mayfield and the former Emily Wilkinson.

"I'm sure in his mind he was definitely thinking about [the wedding]," Landry said Friday during the Jarvis Landry Sports Challenge, which benefited the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. "But if we kind of gave him a little bit of relief about the nerves and everything that goes into a wedding by just going out there for two hours and catching balls from him for that week, it was great.

"[The wedding] was beautiful. Emily was beautiful. Baker, he's QB1 up there. He wasn't nervous. He had the confidence you know Baker has. It was beautiful. It was a beautiful turnout. A lot of people showed up. The food was great. Everything was great."

The pre-wedding workouts weren't too shabby, either. In addition to Landry and Beckham, tight ends David Njoku and Seth DeValve and receivers Rashard Higgins and Damon Sheehy-Guiseppi spent the week catching passes from Mayfield.

Landry explained the players were able to build camaraderie. He also mentioned he plans to release a hype video of the workouts before training camp begins July 25.

"It's [about] getting a little bit of timing down, but for the most part, it's being around each other, catching up, talking," Landry said. "Obviously, we text and stuff like that, but it's always good when you can physically touch the person you're talking to and have a relationship with. For us, that's kind of the biggest thing about going out to L.A. and doing that whole deal."

During the sessions, Landry ran routes for the first time in 2½ months. He sat out all of the organized team activity and mandatory minicamp practices in the spring with what he insisted was a minor injury. He wouldn't disclose specifics about the injury, but he reiterated he'll be able to fully participate when training camp opens.

"It was good for me again mentally," Landry said. "Kind of just being on the outside looking in, that's what I felt like for a little bit. But to be able to go back out there and run routes and catch balls and do all the things that I love to do was definitely a good feeling after not having done anything for what felt like forever."

This will be Landry's sixth NFL training camp. However, it'll be his first one with Beckham, his close friend and former Louisiana State University teammate whom the Browns acquired in March via a blockbuster trade with the New York Giants.

"It'll hit me more once we're in the building together and spending a lot more time together, spending a lot more time with the guys in the receiver room and all that," Landry said. "So it'll hit me a little bit more, but I know the energy and the competition level is going to be real high, and that's what I'm looking forward to the most."

Good cause

Landry became dedicated to raising awareness about cystic fibrosis when his high school girlfriend, Mya Zimmer, was diagnosed with the disease. She died in 2015 at the age of 24.

When Landry met KC White of Chagrin Falls and learned about her inspirational story, he wanted to join forces to host an event in Northeast Ohio. White, 40, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when she was 3. Her family and friends helped run a sports challenge in the area from 1982-2002. With Landry's assistance, they revived the event for children ages 8-14 this year at James F. Rhodes High School in Cleveland.

"To have CF and have people love you means everything," said White, who's on the national board of trustees for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. "It's a hard disease, and to know that people are on your side makes a difference, and I give him so much credit for continuing to fight for a cure even after his beloved high school sweetheart passed away."

Cleveland native Nick Kelly reunited with Landry at the sports challenge. Earlier this year, Landry surprised Kelly, an ambassador for the Northern Ohio Chapter-Cleveland of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, with two tickets to Super Bowl LIII.

"It's a tough battle, and the support system has to be there," Landry said. "Events like this, it's finding a bigger support system, bringing together a bigger support system for people that are going through and fighting against cystic fibrosis, to find a cure."

Virtual motivation

Landry is among countless NFL players who recently took to Twitter to express displeasure with their ratings on the most recent version of the Madden video game. Landry received an overall rating of 84.

"A bit of disrespect, of course, but at the same time, it's a video game, and I may or may not play it now," Landry said. "I don't know. The ratings change every week, so I've got some stuff to prove, too."

Beckham is the highest-rated Browns player at 96. The rest of the team's top 10 are defensive end Myles Garrett (91), running back Kareem Hunt (90), cornerback Denzel Ward (88), left guard Joel Bitonio (87), free safety Damarious Randall (86), running back Nick Chubb (85), Landry (84), defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson (84) and Mayfield (83).

No worries

Running back Duke Johnson recently changed agents — switching from Kristin Campbell to Drew Rosenhaus — as part of an attempt to persuade the Browns to grant his trade request.

"It will not be a distraction," Landry said. "I think our focus is pretty clear. We want to win the championship, and the guys that are here, that's going to help us do that, let's get it done."

Nate Ulrich can be reached at nulrich@thebeaconjournal.com. Read his Browns coverage at www.ohio.com/browns. Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ByNateUlrich and on Facebook www.facebook.com/abj.sports.