Vardell was known as “Touchdown Tommy” in college, and was solid during his first two seasons with Cleveland, logging 1,013 yards on 270 carries and three touchdowns. His final two seasons, however, were limited by injuries and resulted in 19 carries through 10 games.

The son of Deion Sanders and the AP All-American selection was widely viewed by the media as a potential top-five pick, but ended up sliding to pick No. 144. In addition to being the fifth quarterback taken overall, he was the second one taken by the Browns, who also drafted Oregon's Dillon Gabriel with pick No. 94.

In a different vein, Cleveland is not putting Sanders, whom the New York Giants passed on as their franchise QB, in the best position to succeed early in his career thanks to competition. This offseason, they’ve added three other new quarterbacks: Joe Flacco (signing), Kenny Pickett (trade) and Dillon Gabriel (draft, third round).