It didn’t take long for Cleveland Browns 3rd-round pick Jacob Phillips to pick out his jersey number. Phillips revealed via his Twitter account he will wear No. 50 in his rookie season.
The linebacker previously wore No. 6 at LSU, but that is not permitted under NFL rules…aside from the fact it’s Baker Mayfield’s number in Cleveland.
The last prominent Browns player to don No. 50 was free-spirited LB Tom Cousineau in the 1980s. B.J. Bello, another linebacker, was the last to wear that number in a game for the Browns back in 2017. Older Browns fans might recall Vince Costello and John Darlington wearing 50 at LB in Cleveland, too.
