BEREA: Browns defensive line coach Clyde Simmons publicly issued a challenge Thursday to rookie defensive tackle Caleb Brantley: Play hard all the time if you want to be on the field.
Most analysts projected Brantley to become a second-round pick before a woman accused him of punching her in the face outside a bar just two weeks before the draft. The Browns drafted Brantley in the sixth round April 29, and the state attorney’s office in Gainesville, Fla., announced May 17 a misdemeanor battery complaint against the former University of Florida player been dismissed.
Several Browns fans labeled Brantley the steal of the draft when he was cleared, but Simmons isn’t satisfied with his pupil.