The Cleveland Browns need to add more athleticism and playmaking ability to the wide receiver room in 2025, and this year’s NFL Draft class is loaded with options for Andrew Berry and Co. to choose from.
Cleveland’s offense has been missing overall explosiveness for quite a while now, and even though Jerry Jeudy helped with that in 2024, they need to add more of it.
Texas WR Isaiah Bond is a player who could be on the Browns’ radar heading into draft weekend due to his explosive YAC ability, overall speed, and experience in running a fairly diverse route tree in college.
Name
Isaiah Bond
Position
Wide Receiver
Height/Weight
5’10.5”, 180 lbs.
College
University of Texas
2024 Stats: 14 games: 34 recs., 540 rec. yards, 15.9 Y/R, 5 TDs
Career: 41 games: 99 recs., 1428 rec. yards, 14.4 Y/R, 10 TDs
Relative Athletic Score
Average “Big Board” Position As of Publishing Date fromMock Draft Database
73rd Overall
The Draft Network’s Grade/Round Value
Day 2 (Updated)
What an Expert is Saying
“Isaiah Bond would thrive in a timing-oriented offense, where the separation he can create at the top of the break can be consistently targeted and afford him the opportunity to optimize his run-after-catch skills.
Bond has reliable hands in the middle and can work from all over the formation — teams can put him in motion and generate free releases to work into space and rub off defenders to create explosive plays in the passing game, too. Bond should be considered a potential starter and consistent contributor in an NFL offense.” - Kyle Crabbs, The 33rd Team
Fit with the Browns
Isaiah Bond possesses the blazing speed and explosive playmaking ability that Cleveland’s offense needs in order to take the next step in 2025.
His choppy feet and ability to accelerate in and out of his breaks at a high level allows him to create instant separation most of the time. As mentioned above, when you combine this with his experience running an NFL-like route tree at Texas, it could make him a nice fit in Kevin Stefanski’s offense at multiple spots.
He’s the type of player who can get the ball on a screen or bunch/rub concept and take it 50 yards downfield at any moment.
Browns Player Drafting Could Impact
There’s not a single player on Cleveland’s roster who can do some of the things that he can when it comes to being an explosive element in the offense.
Priority
Medium to High.
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