Source: www.ohio.com --- Saturday, April 29, 2017
BEREA: DeShone Kizer wasn’t selected right away, but he’d like to become the starting quarterback of the Browns right away. Kizer and his family attended the NFL Draft on Thursday in Philadelphia, where the Notre Dame product waited to be picked but left disappointed because his name hadn’t been called. On Friday night, when Kizer was back in his hometown of Toledo, the Browns drafted him in the second round (No. 52 overall) with the hope he can become their quarterback of the future. Coach Hue Jackson said Kizer will receive a chance to compete for the starting job with Cody Kessler, Brock Osweiler and Kevin Hogan. Kizer doesn’t want to hold a clipboard as a rookie. “The best way to go out and contribute is to be playing yourself, so I am going to be doing whatever I can to learn as fast as I can and as quickly as I can to play,” Kizer said Saturday during an introductory news conference. “That is the reason you play football is to play and not to sit around and watch from the sidelines.” Kizer said Jackson has already made it clear how much work the incoming rookie needs to do the next couple of months, and diving into a thick playbook will be imperative. “As soon as [the Browns] made that call, the first thing you think of is having that jersey on, that orange helmet and being able to compete and becoming an asset as quickly as I possibly can to this team,” Kizer said. “At the same time, there is a lot of work, so those thoug ...
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