The Cleveland Browns were among the NFL teams in attendance for the Washington Huskies pro day workout on Tuesday. There are a couple of defensive prospects from Washington who make a lot of sense for the Browns to target in the 2021 NFL draft, too.
If the team is looking to bolster the defensive line, Levi Onwuzurike makes sense. Onwuzurike is one of the better interior pass rushing prospects in the class. He opted out in 2020 after an impressive junior season where he was the top-graded pass rusher amongst all college DTs by Pro Football Focus. Onwuzurike’s projections are all over the draft map, from the late first round through the end of the third. He showed enough athleticism during his Washington career and at the Senior Bowl in January to play further outside too, a la Sheldon Richardson.
Cornerback Elijah Molden is generally projected on Day 2 as one of the best slot CB prospects. Like new Browns corner Troy Hill, Molden looks ideally built to play inside but has shown he can handle the physicality of playing outside against bigger receivers. Another Huskies CB, Keith Taylor, also merits some Browns interest later in the draft.
Joe Tryon is also worthy of a look as a pass-rushing EDGE option on Day 2. He had eight sacks as a twitchy, stand-up pass rusher in 2019 before opting out of the 2020 campaign.
