While he was signed off of their practice squad by the Los Angeles Rams this year, kicker Lucas Havrisik returns to the Cleveland Browns on a futures deal.
Losing other practice squad players like cornerback A.J. Green III and safety Tanner McCalister to other teams, the Browns are now rounding out all of their futures deals as they enter the offseason.
Havrisik was signed to the Browns’ practice squad after final cutdowns and after former fourth rounder Cade York opted to join the Tennessee Titans instead. Eight weeks into the season, however, Havrisik was signed off of Cleveland’s practice squad by the Rams.
He kicked in nine games for the Rams this season, knocking home just 75 percent of his looks in that span. Sporadic on extra points as well, Havrisik missed three of them in his nine-week span. This forced the Browns to sign Riley Patterson after Dustin Hopkins hurt his hamstring down the stretch and could not return for the rest of the season.
Heading into camp with two kickers, the Browns will not need Hopkins to take every single rep this summer the way they needed to give York every single opportunity to get better.
