The Browns claimed defensive tackle Coziah Izzard off waivers, the team announced Tuesday.
The Cardinals cut Izzard on Monday.
In a corresponding move, the Browns waived wide receiver Aaron Anderson with an injury designation. Anderson signed with the team as an undrafted free agent on May 19.
Izzard is in his first NFL season out of Penn State. He entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent in 2025, signing with the Chiefs.
Izzard has spent time on the practice squad of the Chiefs and Cardinals.
KC Concepcion landed hard on his right shoulder late in Monday’s practice.
The Browns’ rookie wide receiver seemed fine afterward, and coach Todd Monken confirmed as much Tuesday.
“He’s doing fine,” Monken said, via multiple reports. “He’s still sore.”
Concepcion, though, returned to practice Tuesday.
The Browns drafted Concepcion in the first round out of Texas A&M. He totaled 61 receptions for 919 yards and nine touchdowns and added two punt return touchdowns in his only season with the Aggies.
In his three-year college career, which included two seasons at North Carolina State, Concepcion totaled 2,218 receiving yards, 431 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns from scrimmage.
The Browns added a cornerback to their roster on Tuesday morning.
The team announced the signing of Tyler Hall. Offensive tackle Jack Conley was waived in a corresponding move.
Hall appeared in one game for the Seahawks last season. He spent time on Seattle’s practice squad in each of the last two seasons and previously played for the Raiders, Rams and Falcons. He has 46 tackles, two tackles for loss, a sack and four passes defensed in 32 career games.
Conley spent time with the Patriots and Lions after going undrafted out of Boston College in 2025. He signed with the Browns’ practice squad in December and re-signed in January.
In the Cleveland quarterback competition between Shedeur Sanders and Deshaun Watson, there could be a third candidate creeping up on the outside.
Dillon Gabriel, drafted two rounds before Sanders in 2025, is performing well enough to earn more chances to perform.
“I said it the other day, everybody’s competing, but you’re not guaranteed the same amount of reps,” coach Todd Monken told reporters on Monday. “So it’s up to the player to take advantage and maximize those reps, which I feel like Dillon has done. So we’ll see as we move forward, if that continues, we’ll continue to up his reps. He’s earned that. That’s what every player should expect, right? If they play well, you have to up the reps, or what’s the purpose of playing well?”
The best players play. If neither Sanders nor Watson seize the job and Gabriel continues to do the most with the chances he has, why shouldn’t he get more chances?
In theory, that could mean stealing the job from both of them — if he ends up being the best performer of the bunch.
Gabriel started six games in 2025, replacing Week 1 starter Joe Flacco. After going 1-5 in those games, Gabriel yielded to Sanders.
And so the forgotten man on the depth chart could be forcing the Browns to remember him. And, eventually, to play him.
Browns rookie wide receiver KC Concepcion was injured in the 2-minute drill at the end of Monday’s practice.
He appeared to injure his right shoulder after landing on the turf on a hit by Myles Harden, according to multiple reports. Concepcion stayed on the ground before walking to the sideline with athletic trainers while holding his shoulder.
Mary Kay Cabot of cleveland.com reports that Concepcion didn’t go inside immediately. He remained on the field after practice and was talking to running backs Duce Staley and others, so it is unclear whether it was merely a scare.
The Browns drafted Concepcion in the first round out of Texas A&M. He totaled 61 receptions for 919 yards and nine touchdowns and added two punt return touchdowns in his only season with the Aggies.
In his three-year college career, which included two seasons at North Carolina State, Concepcion totaled 2,218 receiving yards, 431 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns from scrimmage.
