This isn't the first time the Browns have handed out an unprecedented contract. After trading for Deshaun Watson in 2022, the Browns gave him a fully guaranteed five-year, $230 million deal that rankled a lot of owners around the league.

The expectation is that Bond will wear No. 81 when he suits up for the Browns’ preseason finale. In their lone home preseason game, Cleveland will host the Los Angeles Rams for Isaiah Bond’s first and final NFL test before his debut.

Undrafted rookie wide receiver Isaiah Bond signed with the Cleveland Browns on Monday, less than a week after a sexual assault case against him was dropped. Bond ran a 4.39 in the 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine — the ninth-fastest time among wide receivers — and was projected to be drafted in the middle rounds before he was accused of sexual assault and surrendered on April 10 in Frisco,