{"id":814574,"date":"2026-03-16T02:33:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/814574\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T02:33:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T02:33:20","slug":"2026-nfl-draft-visits-browns-cooper-proctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/814574\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 NFL Draft Visits: Browns, Cooper, Proctor"},"content":{"rendered":"

Though free agency is dominating the news feed this week, the 2026 NFL Draft is fast-approaching and teams around the league have been welcoming draft prospects for top 30 visits. The Browns got busy with these early into March, hosting Arizona State wide receiver<\/a> Jordyn Tyson<\/a> on March 4, per Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. Per NFL Network\u2019s Tom Pelissero, Cleveland hosted Alabama quarterback<\/a> Ty Simpson<\/a> and Ohio State wide receiver<\/a> Carnell Tate<\/a> the next day.<\/p>\n

The Browns passing attack struggled in 2025, ranking 31st in the NFL. Cleveland didn\u2019t have a 1,000-yard receiver last year for the first time since 2021. Despite playing every game this year, WR1 Jerry Jeudy<\/a>\u2018s receiving line totals (50 receptions-602 yards-2 touchdowns) were nearly all half was they were in 2024 (90-1,229-4). The team\u2019s leading receiver in 2025 was rookie third-round tight end Harold Fannin<\/a> (72-731-6).<\/p>\n

Seeing this, it makes sense the Browns are looking to add elite talent to the receiving corps. Daniel Jeremiah at NFL.com ranks Tate as the sixth-best prospect in the class and the best wide receiver, slotting Tyson in at 21st overall and WR4. Both pass-catchers are explosive playmakers with prototypical size and length. They own similar skillsets when it comes to their control of changing speed and direction, but Tyson slides down the board a bit as some healthy issues in college have led to durability questions.<\/p>\n

Simpson is the bridge between projected No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza<\/a> and the rest of the QB crop projected to go in the third or fourth round of the draft. Simpson is currently hovering near the back of the first round in most projection but could easily jump up if a quarterback-needy team gets antsy. After only playing one season as a starter in college, some scouts feel Simpson would benefit from sitting and developing a year or two before starting. The Browns currently are slated to watch Deshaun Watson<\/a> and Shedeur Sanders<\/a> battle for the QB1 job. The team could consider drafting Simpson to sit behind them both for a year before taking over.<\/p>\n

Here are a few other draft visits from around the league:<\/p>\n

According to Luca Evans of The Denver post, the Broncos hosted Indiana wide receiver Omar Cooper this past Friday<\/a>. Jeremiah slots Cooper in at 18th overall and WR3. The AFC West Champs return all their top receivers from last year but may be looking for more consistent production in an upgrade at the WR3 role. Alongside many transfer additions, Cooper\u2019s championship season with the Hoosiers was the culmination of four years of work from the bottom. He led the No. 1 team in the country in receptions (69) and receiving yards (937) and finished second on the team in receiving touchdowns (13).
\nLastly, the Texans hosted Alabama offensive tackle<\/a> Kadyn Proctor<\/a> on March 6, per Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2. The Texans return three starters on the offensive line from last year, and signed Braden Smith<\/a> and Evan Brown<\/a> to potentially fill the empty two spots. Still, the Texans have struggled to find consistent lineups on the interior line and could benefit by adding a lineman in the draft that compete at both guard and tackle, allowing Smith to do the same. Proctor slots in as Jeremiah\u2019s 23rd-best overall prospect and the sixth-best offensive lineman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Though free agency is dominating the news feed this week, the 2026 NFL Draft is fast-approaching and teams…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814575,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4955,113295,4973,2240,54,2856,258,563,10930,3619,7,18856,253,2827,7602,19341,6,15,17,20708],"class_list":["post-814574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl-draft","tag-2026-nfl-draft","tag-anders-battle","tag-braden-smith","tag-carnell-tate","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-daniel-jeremiah","tag-denver-broncos","tag-deshaun-watson","tag-evan-brown","tag-fernando-mendoza","tag-football","tag-harold-fannin","tag-houston-texans","tag-jerry-jeudy","tag-jordyn-tyson","tag-kadyn-proctor","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-draft","tag-shedeur-sanders","tag-ty-simpson"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116236517730473709","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814574\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}