Derek Carr

Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr worked out privately for the Browns on Monday.

(Associated Press)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr, who's high on the Browns' list with their No. 4 pick in the draft, raved about his private workout Monday afternoon with the Browns' key decision-makers.

It was believed to be the first of many private quarterback workouts the Browns will conduct over the next several weeks, including those with Johnny Manziel, Teddy Bridgewater and Blake Bortles.

Carr (6-2, 214) had dinner Sunday night with Browns general manager Ray Farmer, coach Mike Pettine, offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan, and quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains, then treated them to a display of his strong arm and pinpoint passing on Monday afternoon at Fresno State.

"They were all out here, so it was good to be able to go to dinner with them last night and work out for them today,'' Carr told Gil Brandt and Alex Marvez on Sirius XM's Late Hits. "Everything went great. It went exactly how we wanted it to and now of course, we just wait until May and see how they're feeling.''

Carr provided details of the workout, which was conducted by Shanahan.

"Coach Shanahan, he really kind of ran the workout,'' said Carr. "Everyone was standing there and talking of course, giving their input on things they wanted to see. We do their drills, and they really want to tire you out, see how you're feeling, really grind you a little bit. And then you go into throwing routes while you're tired, like a football game. After all that, you do some bootlegs and they want to see how you move on the run when you're tired. Then we do some reads that we have, then they say, 'if you want to see anything else, we'll show you whatever you want to see to make you feel comfortable.

"That's one thing: I want every team to feel they got to see everything they wanted when they leave Fresno, so it was a great experience.”

Carr, the younger brother of former No. 1 overall pick David Carr, said the Browns put on his college game film and asked his thinking on several plays.

“Absolutely,” Carr answered. “Some teams – I won’t get into who -- give you some of their information and they want you to learn their stuff and then they turn the cut-ups on and say 'OK, where would you throw the ball based on the mini-playbook that we gave you?’ They test you in so many different ways and rightfully so. They should, especially when they’re looking to draft a franchise quarterback. You should take every possible precaution and strategy that you can to see what these guys know about football.”

But Carr didn't have to try too hard to sell the Browns, who've made it clear that drafting a quarterback somewhere -- they have the No. 4, No. 26 and No. 35 picks -- is a high priority. Even before the first forkful of dinner on Sunday night, they were impressed.

"I think he's the best natural thrower as far as arm strength in the draft,'' Pettine said at the NFL Annual Meeting last week. "(He's) very physically-gifted. And a lot of times it's hard to bet against the family history as well. You're talking about like a Jake Matthews (where) it's the old 'don't bet against the genetics.' I think he certainly falls into that category as well.''

Carr, who led the nation in 2013 with 5,085 yards and 50 touchdowns, will also most likely come to Cleveland over the next month for a pre-draft visit.

Question is, will it go exactly how he wants it to on draft day May 8th?