The Browns’ rookie class made noise last season, and now Cleveland looks like it might have another wave ready to hit training camp.
General manager Andrew Berry watched Mason Graham, Carson Schwesinger, Quinshon Judkins and Harold Fannin Jr. become key pieces for a team that won five games, while the Browns also got help from both rookie quarterbacks, Dylan Sampson, Andre Szmyt and UDFAs Isaiah Bond and Adin Huntington. This summer, the newcomers are again grabbing attention - and the loudest buzz is coming from the receiver room.
KC Concepcion and Denzel Boston have been the standouts, showing up every time the ball finds them. Through camp, they’ve looked like the best receivers on the roster, and that’s saying something for a team that has spent years leaning on veterans such as Jarvis Landry, Amari Cooper and Jerry Jeudy for production. Berry has had a hard time landing a mid-round receiver who can really stick, but Concepcion and Boston are making a strong early case to change that.
Concepcion, drafted as the fourth receiver in 2026 behind Carnell Tate, Jordyn Tyson and Makai Lemon, was the one Cleveland badly wanted. The Browns were thrilled when the Texas A&M speedster was still there at No. 24 overall, and he has backed up that excitement with his play.
His drops were not a problem in the spring, and in the summer he looks even faster. Through the team’s first five practices, he hasn’t put a crushing drop on the tape in a big spot.
He also took a hard fall on his shoulder during Monday’s camp session but avoided serious injury.
Cleveland is already finding ways to move Concepcion around. He’s been used in motion at the line of scrimmage and has taken some punt return reps, giving him a chance to contribute in multiple phases right away. At 21, he has a real opening to become a household name.
Boston, meanwhile, has brought a different kind of problem for the defense. The Browns have needed a receiver built like him for years, maybe even a decade.
Todd Monken couldn’t ignore the Mike Evans comparisons after four practices, though he wasn’t about to place a rookie in the same conversation with a future Hall of Famer. Still, the point is obvious: Boston’s size and catch radius are already making him a difficult cover.
That showed up quickly in camp, where he’s been hauling in impressive contested catches. He’s also building chemistry with Shedeur Sanders, who has connected with both rookie receivers on deep balls over the first few days of practice.
Concepcion and Jerry Jeudy are both smaller targets, and Boston gives Cleveland a very different look. At his size, he stands out immediately as the tallest receiver the Browns have had since the days of Josh Gordon and Braylon Edwards.
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