All 38 Cleveland Browns Starting Quarterbacks Since 1999, Ranked Worst to Best

32. Connor Shaw

A strong candidate for "most easily forgotten Browns starting quarterback since 1999", Connor Shaw appeared in one game in his entire NFL career — a Week 17 start against Baltimore in 2014.

It was about as much of a run-of-the-mill forgettable flop as you’ll see. Not hilariously bad, nothing outlandish, but pure generic underwhelming play.

The game was a 20-10 loss, and Shaw went 14-of-28 for 177 yards with no touchdowns and 1 pick. He was also sacked four times, and his seven rush attempts gained up just 9 yards.

Like Wynn, the low interception number did some heavy lifting, and keeping the ball safe at least allowed Terrance West to put up a solid 94-yard, 1-TD stat line in the loss.

Never getting a chance to play in another game, let alone start one, does ding Shaw in these rankings too. 

31. Kevin Hogan

Kevin Hogan got his lone start during the 2017 season after making a couple appearances as a fifth-round rookie in 2016, and it was another one of those “not quite so bad that it’s funny, but certainly pretty bad” games.

He actually threw a touchdown (but all credit goes to Seth DeValve for the tough catch on the fade. Remember Seth DeValve?) but that doesn’t erase the 20-of-37 passing, 140 yards or 3 interceptions he put up.

This was also the first time Deshaun Watson ever played against the Browns. He got to see first-hand how much we needed him.

30. DeShone Kizer

I'm not gonna lie, I was pretty excited about DeShone Kizer. An exciting young second-round quarterback stepping into an offense with who I thought would be a future star wide receiver in Corey Coleman? And we had Duke Johnson and David Njoku, plus Josh Gordon even played a few games?

Well in retrospect, Kizer's support cast was awful, but that doesn't excuse how he played.

Kizer threw an NFL-leading 22 interceptions to go with just 11 touchdowns, leading the Browns to an 0-15 record in his 15 starts. He missed one game (the Kevin Hogan start), and the Browns finished the year going 0-16.

It's pretty telling that even as a former second-round pick, Kizer wasn't able to stick on any NFL rosters as a long-term backup. The best thing to be said for that season is it got us the No. 1 overall pick.