Browns notebook: Third-round pick Carl Nassib is used to proving doubters wrong

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BEREA: Scorn can be a powerful motivator — it was for former Penn State defensive end Carl Nassib.

The Browns chose the 6-foot-6\u215e, 277-pound defensive end with their first pick in the third round, the 65th choice overall.

Nassib didn’t walk into Happy Valley a football golden child. He joined the team as a preferred walk-on. In other words, he had to earn his scholarship after his arrival. It was no picnic when then coach Bill O’Brien told him to forget his dreams of pro football glory.

“You could see that he had good instincts.” O’Brien told a Houston TV station last year. “He came in and I basically questioned, this is how smart I am, questioned how important football was…