The Cleveland Browns rookie class toured the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio recently. Inside linebacker Mack Wilson came across a bust of former Baltimore Ravens inside linebacker Ray Lewis. Wilson, who had a pre-existing relationship with Lewis, texted a picture of himself with the bust to Lewis, which prompted the following response.

"He responded and was like, ‘You’re going to get that one day. Just play fast until you can’t anymore.' So that’s what I’m going to do every Sunday," Wilson said via Ohio.com.

Lewis even has a nickname for the Alabama product.

“He calls me young lion. He tells me you’ve just got to work hard and play fast, play with your head on fire. At the next level, you’ve got to be able to play faster and read plays faster. It’s just really the change of speed at the next level. I’ve got to kind of adjust to that, and I’ll be all right.”

Wilson has drawn early praise from coaches already but he sits second on the depth chart behind Joe Schobert.

Last season, the Alabama native recorded 71 tackles, two interceptions, five pass deflections and a sack. The prior year, he had recorded 40 tackles, four interceptions and a touchdown.

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General Manager John Dorsey has upgraded the linebacker unit immensely this off-season. First, the team parted with starting outside linebacker Jamie Collins. Then, they signed Adarius Taylor in free agency. Finally, they selected BYU's Sione Takitaki in the third round of the 2019 NFL Draft before coming back around to get Wilson in the fifth round, No. 155 overall.

Wilson was rated a .9884 on a scale to 100 by the 247Sports Composite out of Carver High School in Montgomery, Alabama. He chose the Crimson Tide over offers from Georgia, Clemson, Ohio State, LSU and Michigan among others. Cleveland knows that he has elite ability. It is a matter of achieving consistency now.

Lewis was the No. 26 overall selection in the 1996 NFL Draft. He played 17 seasons with the Ravens. The two time Super Bowl champion was a 13-time Pro Bowl selection, a seven time first team All Pro and was twice named NFL Defensive Player of the Year. His historic career ended with 2,061 tackles, 41.5 sacks, 31 interceptions, 17 forced fumbles, 20 fumble recoveries, 67 pass deflections and three touchdowns.

The Florida native was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility (Feb. 3, 2018). He was the second player ever to win Super Bowl MVP. He was also one of just a few players to be named to the Pro Bowl in three different decades.

If Wilson is able to register half of the career that Lewis experienced, then the Browns will be in good shape.