The Cleveland Browns start off round four with Dawand Jones out of Ohio State

The Cleveland Browns have taken offensive tackle Dawand Jones out of Ohio State.

Day three of the 2023 NFL is off and running with the Cleveland Browns taking Dawand Jones out of Ohio State to play tackle for them. Jones is a 6’8, 375lb offensive tackle out of Ohio State. While he comes in with tremendous size, he’s extremely slow of foot, producing one of the worst 40-times for all offensive linemen in the draft; a 5.35.

He’s not very athletic either and has at times been unable to keep up with faster defensive ends. He’s also unable to play guard, as he’s far too slow to be able to handle pulling and moving down the line of scrimmage.

At least for Jones, his PFF scores are good. He played a combined 25 games in 2021 and 2022 and in each of the years, he posted a score of 86.5 in 2021 and a score of 82.1 in 2022. Very good postings.

• The Cleveland Browns take Cedric Tillman with their pick.
• The Cleveland Browns take nose tackle Siaki Ika.

Dawand Joes did not produce against top talent while at Ohio State

If you look at PFF’s grades of Jones week by week, you can see the new offensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns was anything but good against the better talent. Notre Dame, Michigan State, Michigan and Georgia were all able to beat up the young tackle pretty easily.

Since he’s far more likely to face off with top-end talent in the NFL, it’s far more likely that he’ll struggle.

Still, he’s well over 330 lbs, so even if he’s a horrid pass-blocker, much like the Browns’ drafting of Siaki Ika, Jones will be able to bull defensive ends and linebackers on running downs. The question is, however, if that’s all he can do, was he worth going as high as he did in the fourth round?