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BRANDON WEEDEN3QUARTERBACKHEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 220COLLEGE: Oklahoma StateBIRTHDATE: October 14, 1983HOW ACQUIRED: D1B - ‘12YEAR WITH BROWNS: R YEAR IN NFL: RCAREER TRANSACTIONS (sixth overall).MITCHELL SCHWARTZ72OFFENSIVE LINEHEIGHT: 6-5 WEIGHT: 320COLLEGE: CaliforniaBIRTHDATE: June 8, 1989HOW ACQUIRED: D2 - ‘12YEAR WITH BROWNS: R YEAR IN NFL: RCAREER TRANSACTIONSOriginally drafted by Cleveland in the second round (37th overall) of theCOLLEGE University (2008-11)… Completed 767 of 1,103 career passes for 9,260yards and 75 touchdowns… Yardage and passing touchdown totals werepassing yards, while completing 409 of 565 passes with 37 touchdowns…Yardage and passing touchdown totals were both OSU single-seasonrecords… Set the school’s single-game passing yardage record with 502yards against Kansas State… As a junior, completed 342 of 511 passes for4,277 yards with 34 touchdowns… Appeared in three games as a sophomore,completing 15 of 24 passes for 248 yards with four touchdowns…Saw action in one game in 2008 after redshirting as a freshman… Majoredin business management.Major League Baseball: New York Yankees (second round-71st overall) in the 2002 MLB Draft…Traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers following the 2003 season… Selected-PERSONAL Threw for the second-most yards in the state of Oklahoma as senior in2001, after totaling 2,863 yards with 25 touchdowns… An all-state selectionin football, baseball and as a forward in basketball… Married (Melanie).COLLEGEStarted all 51 career games at the University of California (2008-11)…Opened 35 contests at left tackle and 16 at right tackle… Earned All-Pac12 Conference and Academic All-Conference honors all four seasons…As a senior, opened all 13 games at left tackle, while helping Cal average28.3 points and 401.5 yards per game… Started all 12 games at left tackleas a junior… Opened all 13 games at right tackle as a sophomore… As American Studies.PERSONALwas a seventh-round pick by Carolina Panthers in 2008 and currently playsfor the Minnesota Vikings.YOUTH MOVEMENTMOST COMBINED ROOKIE STARTS IN 2011TEAM TOTAL1. Cleveland 662. Carolina 56Denver 562012 DRAFT CHOICES 101