Every NFL draft produces "sleeper" selections. Here are three by AFC teams in the recent draft.
Browns WR/returner Antonio Callaway
Due to bad behavior, Callaway didn't play last year with the Florida Gators.
The man who drafted him has had very good results with players whose off-field decisions scared off other NFL talent men.
With the Chiefs, John Dorsey drafted three players who raised significant questions about off-field character. Tyreek Hill and Marcus Peters, notably, had fallen off some NFL draft boards due to their transgressions.
Hill and Peters along with Travis Kelce became All-Pro performers after Dorsey brought them to Kansas City.
Florida suspended Callaway for the 2017 season after charges of credit-card fraud and marijuana use.
Dorsey, running his first Browns draft, got Callaway with a fourth-round pick, same as the price he paid in 2016 for Demarcus Robinson, a Gators receiver who'd failed drug tests.
Robinson is entering his third season with the Chiefs, after catching 21 passes last year.
Callaway is both very quick (10-yards split of 1.52 seconds) and fast (4.41) as a 200-pounder who stands 5-foot-10 {.
He became the first player in school history to account for touchdowns in five ways: rushing, receiving, returning a punt, returning an onside kick, and passing.
Peters was Dorsey's first pick in 2015.
A cornerback with rare anticipation and ball skills, he was kicked out of school after repeated clashes with Washington Huskies coaches.
The San Diego Chargers were among several NFL teams that had concerns about Peters' volatile personality.
Dorsey took Peters 18th and turned him over to veteran coach Andy Reid and secondary coach Emmitt Thomas, a Hall of Fame cornerback.
The early on-field returns were excellent. Peters led the NFL with eight interceptions as a rookie and followed with an All-Pro season in 2016.
However, his antics took a toll last year. Reid held him out of one game after Peters launched a penalty flag into the stands. His refusal to attempt tackles, which he described as a business decision, didn't endear himself to teammates or coaches. Fed up with Peters, the Chiefs traded him to the Rams with one year and a club option left on his contract.
Though Kelce didn't generate comparable character concerns, he was suspended for an entire college season at Cincinnati. He played tight end but was also athletic enough to play wildcat "quarterback" for the Bearcats.
Minutes after Dorsey took him in the third round five years ago of his first Chiefs draft, Reid got on the phone and gave Kelce a tough-love chat.
Kelce, a highly athletic tight end, became a dominant pass-catcher in his second NFL season and got a five-year contract with $20 million guaranteed after his third season. Though he has exasperated Reid with personal fouls, Kelce is a top-5 tight end who is central to Reid's program.
The biggest of Dorsey's gambles was the fifth-round selection of Hill, who'd been banned from the NFL scouting combine due to his suspension by Oklahoma State after he choked and punched his pregnant girlfriend.
The Chargers were among the teams that worked out Hill, a receiver and returner who'd landed at West Alabama.
To many teams, he was radioactive.
Hill no doubt has provided the Chiefs extreme football value above salary-and-bonus cost. His stunning impact on NFL games is best appreciated in person. Simply, he is too quick and fast for most opponents. Also, he's tough, sure-handed, agile, alert and durable.
The 24-year-old has two years left on a four-year contract that averages less than $700,000 per season.
In addition to Reid, a stable core of Chiefs veteran players headed by San Diegan Alex Smith, Tambi Hali and Justin Houston no doubt factored into Dorsey's decisions to invest in potentially volatile prospects.
Callaway joins a Browns receivers corps that includes a No. 1 split end, Josh Gordon, who has had numerous setbacks due to substance issues. However, Dorsey's offseason additions included two durable, consistent veterans in quarterback Tyrod Taylor and receiver Jarvis Landry.
Browns head coach Hue Jackson is far less accomplished than Reid as a head coach and handler of personalities.
