Three rookies checked in to Paul Brown Stadium Saturday, but head coach Marvin Lewis is keeping their jersey numbers close to the vest. So for the obligatory introductory photo they displayed the jersey with their name and number of the round they were drafted.
Teresa Jefferson, the mother of Texas linebacker Malik Jefferson who also made the flight along with his father, had a hard time seeing him with the No. 3. Because she’s so used to seeing No. 46 on her youngest son. Her middle child is the reason Malik wears it because that was his number growing up and Malik idolized him as he walked on at North Texas State as a running back.