The Cleveland Browns have high expectations for the 2024 NFL season. Much of this is dependent on quarterback Deshaun Watson’s skill (and presence), as his 2023 season was cut short due to injury. Keeping Watson safe under center will, of course, be one of the Browns’ primary goals this season, and right tackle Dawand Jones must be on top of his game.
Jones’ performance on the Browns’ offensive line in 2023, his first year in the NFL, has already made headlines. That season, Pro Football Focus assigned him an overall grade of 64.7. He had a good pass blocking rating of 73.0 and a run blocking grade of 53.5.
Cleveland Browns’ Dawand Jones
PFF believes Cleveland Browns’ Dawand Jones is in for a breakout campaign in 2024
Speaking of PFF, the site’s Gordon McGuinness recently named Jones to his 2024 All-Breakout Team.
A mountain of a man on the right side of the offensive line, Jones showed off his pass-blocking potential in his rookie season,” McGuinness said about Jones.
“He allowed just 21 total pressures from 419 pass-blocking snaps and had only two games where he earned a PFF pass-blocking grade below 60.0.”
Jones took over as a starter for the Browns in 2023 following the season-ending injury suffered by Jack Conklin in a Week 2 24-3 win at home against the Cincinnati Bengals. Jones suffered a season-ending knee injury that led to an injury-reserve designation in December.
The Browns’ front office deserves credit for landing a talent like Jones, whom Cleveland selected in the fourth round (111th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft.
“You’re in a great organization if you fall with the Browns,” Jones said last April (via Camryn Justice of News 5 Cleveland). “Stay humble, be blessed no matter where you go, keep your head down and just keep working always. That’s what I really tell myself, tell younger guys who ask me for help, and I would tell the guys [drafted by the Browns] that same thing.
Jones played four years in college with the Ohio State Buckeyes from 2019 to 2022.