CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Running back Duke Johnson, who’s skipped the Browns’ voluntary offseason program until now, will participate in OTAs, a league source told cleveland.com.

However, Johnson was not on the field for the first voluntary session on Tuesday, a source said. On the other hand, receiver Odell Beckham Jr., who’s also skipped the voluntary workouts to this point, was on the field Tuesday for the first practice.

Phase 3 of the offseason program consists of 10 OTAs over the next three weeks, including Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The only practice open to the media this week is Wednesday which begin Tuesday, a league source told cleveland.com.

Johnson has skipped the first six weeks of the program, including the extra voluntary minicamp April 23-25 for new head coaches.

His agent, Kristin Campbell, asked the Browns to trade him as reported by cleveland.com, but the club has steadfastly said he’ll be an integral part of the team this season despite the fact they signed Kareem Hunt.

“Duke is under contract,’’ Kitchens said on the final day of the NFL Draft April 27th. “I’ve said this for like a month now, I don’t know where all this trade talk started happening. People just assumed that we are going to trade him because we signed another good football player. Me, personally, I like good football players and I like as many of them as we can get.

“Then, it’s our job to get them the ball and to help enable them to help us win in whatever role that is. Duke Johnson is on this football team, Duke Johnson will have a vital role in this football team and Duke Johnson will help us win football games. Am I surprised that he’s still here? No, not one bit. I haven’t wavered and never said anything different other than that.”

Browns GM John Dorsey acknowledged before the draft that he had conversations with Campbell about trading Johnson. But he also said Johnson is a good back who will play a vital role on the team, and that he had no plans to trade him.

In an apparent statement about his situation, Johnson skipped the first six weeks of the offeason program, including the extra voluntary minicamp April 23-25 awarded to new head coaches.

Johnson has asked to be traded, in part, because he could become expendable when running back Kareem Hunt comes off his eight-game suspension Nov. 10 at home against the Bills.

But Kitchens isn’t concerning himself with Johnson’s trade request or how he’ll get the fifth-year pro on board.

“I don’t know the answer to that,’’ he said. “I can just tell him what his role is and show him when he gets here. All the rest of that is up to him and what he decides to do. My decision is not based on how he feels; my decision is based on what’s best for the Cleveland Browns and this organization. At this present time, it’s best for Duke Johnson to be a member of the Cleveland Browns and everybody feels that way.

“Him asking for a trade and stuff like that, it doesn’t matter to me. He’s a Cleveland Brown. If he shows up, Duke is the type of guy that’s going to show up and he’s going to do his job. He’s going to do his job well. That’s all I can ask for as a coach. His opinions and his demands and stuff like that, I’m not impacted by that one bit.”

The Browns also signed undrafted rookie running back L.J. Scott, a Youngstown native out of Michigan State.