Browns' Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah: 'My heart is 100 percent healthy'

Fans of the Cleveland Browns celebrated when their beloved club acquired a first-round talent with a second-round value by selecting Notre Dame Fighting Irish linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah with the No. 52 pick of the 2021 NFL Draft. Eyes were raised, however, when it was learned that Owusu-Koramoah was previously diagnosed with a heart issue that scared off some clubs and possibly caused the highly rated prospect to fall to the second round. 

Owusu-Koramoah spoke with reporters ahead of Friday's rookie minicamp sessions and assured everyone he's been cleared to play. 

"My heart is 100% healthy," he said, per Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com. "You can see that going through the protocol, going through the tests, going through the EKGs and going through the past MRIs and things like that. It’s not an issue. It’s not something I’m worried about." 

The winner of the 2020 Butkus Award, which is given to the player deemed the top linebacker in college football, added: 

"It starts from something that really was based on the combine and some of their testing and what they saw. But we have doctors here in the Cleveland Browns that I was just speaking to yesterday in terms of those same [medical] reports that [doctors before] the draft saw. The reports look fine. The EKGs look fine." 

Cleveland general manager Andrew Berry said earlier in the day the team had no issue with Owusu-Koramoah's medical report and that the linebacker is "completely healthy."