Alonzo Highsmith climbed the ranks of the Green Bay Packers personnel department in his 19 years with the team, but the senior personnel executive won't be in the mix for the team's vacant general manager job.
He told ESPN.com on Tuesday night that he will join the Cleveland Browns as vice president of football operations. It reunited Highsmith with new Browns GM John Dorsey, the former Packers director of college scouting.
The 52-year-old Highsmith said he did not think he would be considered as a replacement for Packers GM Ted Thompson, who will not return in that role next season.