General manager Andrew Berry added depth to the defensive line Monday, addressing two key positions before the start of the offseason program Tuesday in Berea.
Defensive tackle Sheldon Day was re-signed and defensive end Stephen Weatherly was signed, the team announced.
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Day, 27, spent last season with the Browns, starting one of the seven games he appeared in and recording 21 tackles and a sack. He joined the Browns in 2020 on the practice squad.
Day (6-foot-1, 294 pounds) was a fourth-round pick of the Jaguars in 2016 out of Notre Dame and has appeared in 67 games with three starts, totaling 76 tackles and seven sacks.
Weatherly, 28, has played 73 games with the Vikings (2016-19, 2021), Panthers (2020) and Broncos (2021), starting 17. He has 101 tackles, 8.5 sacks and two forced fumbles.
In 2021 Weatherly (6-5, 262) played in six games with the Vikings and nine with the Broncos, combining for 22 tackles and 2.5 sacks. He was a seventh-round pick of the Vikings in 2016 out of Vanderbilt.
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Berry had traded for defensive end Chase Winovich and signed free agent defensive tackle Taven Bryan in March, but the Browns still don’t have guaranteed starters at either tackle spot or the No. 2 end opposite All-Pro Myles Garrett.
Free agent Jadeveon Clowney could return at end, and the Browns have seven picks in the draft next week, starting with No. 44 in the second round and Nos. 78 and 99 in the third round.
** Receiver Ja’Marcus Bradley and guard Michael Dunn signed their exclusive rights tenders.
Bradley caught four passes for 64 yards last year and had three special teams tackles.
Dunn started a playoff game in 2020 and two regular-season games last year.
