Browns free up longtime LS Charley Hughlett

The Cleveland Browns terminated the contract of long-snapper Charley Hughlett, the staff’s second-longest tenured participant, on Monday.

Hughlett, 34, had two years left at the four-year, $5.7 million contract extension he signed in October 2022. He used to be restricted to 5 video games remaining season because of a rib damage.

General, his 152 video games performed rank fifteenth all-time for the Browns.

“This can be a bittersweet transaction for our group as a result of we hate keeping apart from a valued and long-tenured participant for our staff,” common supervisor Andrew Berry stated in a staff commentary. “Alternatively, it additionally offers us the chance to precise honest gratitude and appreciation for all Charley has completed for the Browns off and on the sphere. Charley’s profession is a tale of perseverance, paintings ethic and self-belief. He is a unique particular person who we will be able to welcome house as a Cleveland Brown after his profession is entire.”

After going undrafted out of UCF in 2012, Hughlett had transient stints with the Dallas Cowboys, New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars and Kansas Town Chiefs ahead of signing with the Browns in overdue 2014. His handiest NFL motion got here with Cleveland.

The one different Browns participant with extra years in Cleveland is left guard Joel Bitonio, who used to be a second-round draft select through the staff in 2014.

–Box Degree Media