CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Browns have signed rookie wide receiver Josh Gordon to a 4-year, $5.3 million contract.
The Browns selected Gordon last week in the second round of the NFL’s supplemental draft. The team forfeited a second-round pick in 2013 to get Gordon, a talented and troubled player who was dismissed at Baylor after testing positive for marijuana after his sophomore season. Browns general manager Tom Heckert said the team did exhaustive background checks on Gordon and are confident they’re getting a player who can help them immediately.
Gordon had 42 catches for 714 yards and seven touchdowns in 2010 for Baylor. He transferred to Utah, but did not play in any games for the school.
Heckert said last week that Gordon has the potential to be a No. 1 wide receiver.
