Ranking all the ex-Cleveland Browns in the Super Bowl

No. 1 OL Austin Corbett (Rams)

Like with Larry Ogunjobi, Austin Corbett was drafted by the Cleveland Browns, in fact just one year apart from one another. Ogunjobi was a third-round pick, while Corbett was a second-rounder. Unlike Ogunjobi, Corbett was deemed a wash by the Browns front office very early and shipped him off to the Rams for a fifth-round pick. That pick would end up being Richard LeCounte

He was never given a real shake in Cleveland, only playing a season-plus with the franchise before they shipped him off. What was frustrating at the time was that the Browns had just traded Kevin Zeitler in a move for Olivier Vernon; one of two trades the Browns would make with the Giants, the other being Jabrill Peppers and some picks for Odell Beckham.

The trade of Zeitler crippled the Browns offensive line and the team needed an offensive guard to step up. None did, and the team relied on Eric Kush before finally tapping Wyatt Teller to get the start in Week 9. Teller wasn’t the same player he is today in 2019 and the Browns line suffered because of it. Just three weeks or so before starting Teller, the team traded Corbett.

Now, it all worked out in the end, Corbett is a starting-caliber guard in LA, and Teller is an All-Pro in Cleveland. That doesn’t mean that Corbett wouldn’t have found success in Cleveland, as he would’ve been used a lot over the last two or three years at different positions had the team not given up on him so hastily. That seems to be a trend in Cleveland when it comes to linemen; they hang on to some too long and give up on others far too soon.