The Cleveland Browns agreed to a trade on Saturday for wide receiver Amari Cooper of the Dallas Cowboys.
In exchange for Cooper, who has made four Pro Bowls and posted five 1,000-yard receiving seasons in his seven seasons in the NFL, general manager Andrew Berry is sending the club’s fifth-round selection in this year’s NFL Draft and exchanging sixth-round selections with the Cowboys.
While they have agreed on the deal, it will not become official until the new league year begins on Wednesday at 4 p.m.
The Cowboys had been planning to release Cooper if they could not find a trade partner given that he has three years at $20 million a year on his contract, but the Browns were willing to take on that salary to add a player who immediately becomes the team’s No.