Here are the linebackers that are on the 2025 active roster: (8)
Jordan Hicks (6-1, 235, 11th season, Texas) -- Hicks, 33, had 78 tackles with two sacks and four passes broken up. Hicks signed with the Browns for two years, $8 million as an unrestricted free agent. Hicks is under contract in 2025 for $4.158 million.
Devin Bush (5-11, 235, 7th season, Michigan) -- Bush, 26, was a former first-round pick of the Steelers and had 74 tackles, a sack and three passes broken up in his first season with the Browns. will likely battle for a spot in the rotation and on special teams. Bush finished his rookie season as third in Rookie of the Year voting, but has battled injuries until last season. After playing with the Seahawks in 2023, Bush signed with the Browns as a free agent in 2024 and re-signed with the Browns in 2025 for $1.170 million.
Devin Bush (Photo: Getty, 247Sports)
Mohamoud Diabate (6-4, 225, 3rd season, Utah) -- Diabate, 24, made the team as an undrafted free agent in 2023 and had 65 tackles with 3 passes broken up. Diabate is expected to have a chance to play a bigger role in 2025. Diabate is under contract in 2025 for $1.038 million.
Mohamoud Diabate
Mohamoud Diabate, Devin Bush (Photo: Jeff Lange, USA TODAY Sports)
Nathaniel Watson (6-0, 233, 2nd season, Mississippi State) -- Watson, 24, had 5 tackles, one pass broken up and 9 special teams tackles. Watson was the SEC Defensive Player of the Year and the leading tackler in the SEC. The Browns drafted him in the sixth-round and is under contract in 2025 for $960,000.