“He’s a guy that I think, for obvious reasons, gets overlooked because of his stature, and all he does is come out here and work and look to make plays,” Mike Pettine, Cleveland’s head coach, said in a press conference following practice. “He’s done a nice job because we brought him in late, so he was a little bit behind as far as learning the system. When he gets a chance to make a play, he makes it.”
Wynn went undrafted through the 2015 NFL draft before being signed to the Atlanta Falcons’ preseason roster. He was picked up off waivers by the Browns on June 19.
Indianapolis, Jacksonville, New England and Houston all showed interest in the receiver in addition to the Browns and Falcons, Wynn said.
The cuts come from the required shrinkage of NFL rosters from 84 to 75 players after the third week of preseason.
“I was really excited when we picked him up because I knew that he had that talent coming out of Indiana,” Cleveland’s special teams coach Chris Tabor said. “He’s a shifty guy that has great explosiveness and catches the ball really, really well.”
The 5-foot-6, 167-pound rookie was brought into Cleveland primarily to return kicks and punts, as he recorded a 4.28 40-yard dash time at his pro day, which was March 10 at IU. His time would have been the best at the NFL Combine had he participated.
Wynn’s preseason was highlighted by his 21-yard touchdown reception from former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel in Cleveland’s 11-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills.
He also returned a punt for 58 yards and a touchdown in the same game, but the play was negated by a penalty on the returning team.
Wynn finished his Hoosier career with the second most receptions in school history with 189 and fourth most all-purpose yards with 4,429.
Wynn recorded four receptions with 32 yards and one touchdown in three presason games for the Cleveland Browns.
He attended and graduated from Glenville High School in Cleveland, Ohio.
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