The Cleveland Browns will hold their first full-squad session of training camp on Thursday, July 27th, and that means it is time for me to unveil my first 53-man roster projection of the season. This pre-training camp edition is my current perception for how things will go, but it could change drastically over the next couple of weeks based on reports from training camp and performances in the preseason games.

I will have two more roster projections as training camp progresses: one will be after the second preseason game, and the final one will immediately follow the final preseason game.

Pos Final Roster Players Cut QB

(3) Cody Kessler

Brock Osweiler

DeShone Kizer Kevin Hogan RB

(3) Isaiah Crowell

Duke Johnson

George Atkinson Matthew Dayes*

Terrence Magee FB

(1) Danny Vitale WR

(6) Kenny Britt

Corey Coleman

Ricardo Louis

Rishard Higgins

Rannell Hall

Mario Alford Jordan Payton*

James Wright

Josh Boyce

Jordan Leslie

Richard Mullaney TE

(3) David Njoku

Seth DeValve

Randall Telfer Taylor McNamara*

J.P. Holtz OL

(9) Joe Thomas

Joel Bitonio

J.C. Tretter

Kevin Zeitler

Shon Coleman

Cameron Erving

John Greco

Spencer Drango

Rod Johnson Anthony Fabiano*

Austin Reiter

Gabe Ikard

Matt McCants

Marcus Martin

Zach Sterup*

Chris Barker DL

(10) Myles Garrett

Danny Shelton

Emmanuel Ogbah

Desmond Bryant

Carl Nassib

Larry Ogunjobi

Caleb Brantley

Jamie Meder

Nate Orchard

Cam Johnson Xavier Cooper

Tyrone Holmes*

Jamal Marcus

Karter Schult

Trevon Coley

MLB

(3) Tank Carder

Joe Schobert

Kenneth Olugbode Dominique Alexander*

James Burgess OLB

(2) Jamie Collins

Christian Kirksey Deon King

Ladell Fleming

B.J. Bello S

(5) Jabrill Peppers

Ed Reynolds

Calvin Pryor

Derrick Kindred

Kai Nacua Ibraheim Campbell

Trey Caldwell*

Justin Currie

CB

(5) Joe Haden

Jamar Taylor

Jason McCourty

Briean Boddy-Calhoun

Channing Stribling Marcus Burley

J.D. Harmon

Alvin Hill

Darius Hillary

Najee Murray* ST

(3) Cody Parkey

Britton Colquitt

Charley Hughlett Zane Gonzalez*

The list above contains 53 players that I kept, and 36 players that I cut. That comes out to 89 players, because I have CB Howard Wilson starting the year on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list. WR Josh Gordon is not listed because he is on the suspension list, and therefore does not count toward the 90-man roster.

Every year, I fill in each player's name on either the “roster” side or the “cut” side, without tallying whether or not I have surpassed the 53-player limit. Then, I count up the left side, and if I am over 53 players, I weigh my options and decide who the “tough” cuts are. This year, I came to 52 players, so I was able to bump one player over from my “cuts” list.

General Roster Projection Notes

Feel free to share your roster projections here, or some changes you would make to mine. Note: Ezweav also posted his 53-man roster projection last week.