Former Browns draft pick in line to start season as RB1

Amidst the news of the Quinshon Judkins arrest, the Browns running back room is already set to look different than many expected following draft night. Cleveland used the draft to add Judkins and Dylan Sampson, which prompted them to let Nick Chubb walk as they transition to a new era of Cleveland running backs. It remains to be seen how the Judkins situation unfolds, but it wouldn't be surprising to see him suspended. He's now one of two rookies without a contract and isn't at training camp as the legal situation plays out. In his likely absence, Jerome Ford is in line to start the season as the team's top running back. Browns beat reporter Zac Jackson wrote an article following the news that Judkins would not be in attendance to start camp. In this piece, he reported Ford is starting training camp as the team's RB1, mostly due to a lack of competition. Jerome Ford opens camp as Cleveland’s No. 1 running back. Ford, who’s in the final year of his rookie contract, took a pay cut this spring to essentially gu