CLEVELAND, Ohio – It wasn’t long after the Browns chose Alabama’s Jedrick Wills with the 10th pick in the NFL Draft on Thursday that a couple things were revealed.

First, Kevin Stefanski confirmed that the plan is to switch Wills to left tackle from right tackle, where he has played since high school. Many think the move won’t be difficult.

Second. Paul DePodesta said that Wills was the top offensive tackle Browns’ draft board from the beginning. We may never know for sure if that’s simply revisionist history, but we do know Wills was at least the second offensive tackle on their board because only Georgia’s Andrew Thomas had been drafted at that point.

Here are a few more things to know about Wills:

1. He excelled at the things Andrew Berry’s former bosses seemed to like

Former Browns GM John Dorsey seemed to target draft prospects that excelled in being explosive off the line of scrimmage. A way to measure that explosiveness is through the jumping drills at the NFL combine.

Wills had the second-best vertical jump among lineman in Indianapolis, reaching 34.5 inches (Iowa’s Tristan Wirfs jumped 36.5). Wills was tied for fifth in the broad jump (113).

Andrew Berry worked under Dorsey for more than a year, so perhaps he views those drills the same way. Previously, Berry worked under Sashi Brown, whose draft picks seemed to produce players with high SPARQ scores (which measure overall athleticism).

Wills had the sixth-best SPARQ score among offensive linemen at the combine, putting him in the 72nd percentile among NFL linemen. He was fourth among tackles, behind Wirfs (99.1), Boise State’s Ezra Cleveland (91.7) and USC’s Austin Jackson (83.3).

2. He doesn’t allow pressure on his quarterback

In three years at Alabama, Wills played 970 pass-blocking snaps and was responsible for one sack. He gave up a total of 33 quarterback pressures over those three years.

Last season’s totals included nine hurries, four hits and the lone sack of his career in 450 pass-blocking snaps. That gave him a pressure rate of less than 4.0 percent for the second straight season, according to Pro Football Focus.

As for run blocking, Wills’ performance was up and down until last season, when he earned a grade of 90.1 from PFF, which put him sixth among FBS tackles.

3. Wills’ college commitment announcement had style

Wills was a four-star recruit at Lexington (Ky.) Lafayette in 2017, rated the No. 8 offensive tackle in the country by 247Sports. Ohio State was among his 10 finalists in May 2016, joining Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Michigan State, LSU, Notre Dame, Michigan and Kentucky.

Wills eventually shortened that list to Alabama, Kentucky, Michigan, Notre Dame and Tennessee before choosing the Crimson Tide.

To make his big announcement, Wills teamed up with Bleacher Report to produce a stylish – and funny - video.

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