The Browns placed starting wide receiver Corey Coleman on injured reserve Tuesday, meaning he'll miss at least seven games this season.
Coleman suffered a broken right hand in Sunday's 24-10 loss to the Baltimore Ravens and had surgery Monday afternoon to repair a fractured metacarpal. The 15th overall pick in last year's draft broke a different bone in the same hand this past season and missed six games.
Each NFL team is allowed to bring as many as two players off IR during the course of a season. Coleman will be eligible to practice six weeks from Tuesday and play again after he spends eight weeks on IR.
The Browns have a bye during one of those weeks. So if all goes well with Coleman's recovery, he could return in time for the final seven games of the season beginning Nov. 19 at home against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
In the first two games this season, Coleman caught six passes for 62 yards and a touchdown on 13 targets. In 10 games last season, he had 33 receptions for 413 yards and three touchdowns on 74 targets.
The Browns also signed receiver Jordan Leslie, defensive end Tyrone Holmes and undrafted rookie defensive lineman Jhaustin Thomas to their practice squad.
Leslie has never appeared in an NFL regular-season game. He impressed in training camp and the preseason with the Browns, catching nine passes for 93 yards and two touchdowns in four exhibition games, but they waived him during roster cuts Sept. 2, and he didn't catch on with another team.
Holmes appeared in 11 games with the Browns last season and played as a backup in their Sept. 10 regular-season opener
Thomas started six of his 20 games at Iowa State, compiling 38 tackles, including four sacks, a pass defensed and an interception in two seasons. He earned second-team All-Big 12 honors for the 2016 season.
The Browns also released undrafted rookie cornerbacks Najee Murray (Kent State) and Channing Stribling from the practice squad.
