The Cleveland Browns announced Tuesday that they’ve signed K Matthew McCrane and DE Jalen Jelks to their practice squad and released DT Tanzel Smart from the unit.
Cleveland’s full practice squad now includes:
- DB Elijah Benton
- WR Ja’Marcus Bradley
- T Michael Dunn
- QB Garrett Gilbert
- DB A.J. Green
- RB Dontrell Hilliard
- DB Robert Jackson
- DB Jovante Moffatt
- RB Johnny Stanton
- WR Taywan Taylor
- T Greg Senat
- RB John Kelly
- DT Joey Ivie
- TE Kyle Markway
- K Matthew McCrane
- DE Jalen Jelks
McCrane, 26, wound up signing on with the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent out of Kansas State. He signed a three-year, $1.71 million contract with the Cardinals and was set to make a base salary of $485,000 for the 2018 season when he was waived coming out of the preseason.
He later signed with the Raiders and was promoted to the active roster before being waived. McCrane was brought back by the Cardinals’ practice squad and made their active roster before he was waived and signed by the Steelers.
After being released by Pittsburgh, McCrane had a brief stint in the XFL with the New York Guardians.
In 2018, McCrane appeared in five games for the Raiders, Cardinals, and Steelers. He made 8 of his 12 field goal attempts (66.7 percent) and converted all nine of his extra point attempts.
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