Browns re-sign RB D’Ernest Johnson to one-year deal
The Cleveland Browns and operating again D’Ernest Johnson have agreed to phrases on a one-year, $2.4 million contract with greater than $900,000 in ensures, his agent Drew Rosenhaus told the Associated Press.
The 26-year-old Johnson, who’s coming into his fourth 12 months within the NFL, has spent three full seasons on the Browns’ lively roster enjoying backup to powerhouse duo Nick Chubb and Kareem Hunt.
Cleveland beforehand positioned a restricted free agent tender value $2.43 million on Johnson in March, however his new deal provides Johnson assured cash and the Browns some salary-cap flexibility.
Johnson rushed for 534 yards and scored three touchdowns final season. He added 19 catches for 137 yards, together with his finest recreation coming in opposition to Denver when Chubb and Hunt had been out. Johnson acquired no less than 20 touches in three video games, averaging 152.6 whole yards and scoring two touchdowns throughout that very same time.
Alongside Chubb and Hunt, Johnson joins RBs Jerome Ford — Cleveland’s fifth-round draft select of Cincinnati — and Demetric Felton, who has been working within the backfield and as a large receiver this offseason.
The Browns completed the 2021-22 season with the fourth-most speeding yards of any workforce with 2,471 yards, behind the Baltimore Ravens (2,479 yards), Indianapolis Colts (2,540) and Philadelphia Eagles (2,715).
Johnson has change into a fan favourite, partly attributable to him engaged on a fishing boat in Florida earlier than making Cleveland’s roster in 2019 as an unsigned free agent.
Reporting by the Related Press.
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