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OWEN SPENCER17WIDE RECEIVERHEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 185COLLEGE: North Carolina StateBIRTHDATE: November 2, 1987HOW ACQUIRED: FA - ‘11YEAR WITH BROWNS: 1 st YEAR IN NFL: 1 stCAREER TRANSACTIONSOriginally signed by Tennessee as an undrafted free agent on July 26,2011… Waived by Tennessee on August 29, 2011… Signed by Seattle onSeptember 1, 2011…Waived by Seattle on September 3, 2011… Signedby Seattle to the practice squad on September 4, 2011… Waived by Se-attle on September 20, 2011… Signed by Detroit to the practice squad onMinnesota on December 19, 2011… Signed by Cleveland to the practicesquad on December 27, 2011… Signed by Cleveland on January 3, 2012.SEASONAL REVIEWS2011: Spent parts of the 2011 season on the practice squads of the Seattlethe season on the Browns’ practice squad.COLLEGE corded126 career receptions for 2,441 yards with 15 touchdowns… Asa senior, earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference second-team honors afterregistering 60 receptions for 912 yards and four touchdowns… As a junior,led the nation with an average of 25.5 yards per reception as he caught30 passes for 765 yards.PERSONALNative of Leland, North Carolina, where he attended North Brunswick HighSchool… As a senior he snared 27 passes for 530 yards and 13 touchdowns…As a junior, he caught 30 passes for 802 yards and 13 touchdowns,averaging nearly 27 yards a catch.ADONIS THOMAS35RUNNING BACKHEIGHT: 5-9 WEIGHT: 185COLLEGE: ToledoBIRTHDATE: February 25, 1989HOW ACQUIRED: FA - ‘12YEAR WITH BROWNS: R YEAR IN NFL: RCAREER TRANSACTIONSOriginally signed by Cleveland as an undrafted free agent on May 14, 2012after attending the team’s rookie minicamp on a tryout basis.COLLEGEcareer rushing yards and 21 rushing touchdowns… Averaged 6.3 yards-PERSONALAttended Weeguahic High School in Newark, N.J., where he helped theDOUBLE YOUR PLEASUREIn 1985, Browns running backs Kevin Mack and Earnest Byner became the third tandem in NFL history to rush for 1,000yards or more in the same season. That year, Mack accounted for 1,104 yards rushing (222 atts., 7 TDs) while Bynertallied 1,002 yards (244 atts., 8 TDs). In fact, Byner surpassed the 1,000-yard plateau with a 101-yard effort in thefinale at the New York Jets on December 22. His rushing total that day included a 9-yard run on the game’s final playfrom scrimmage. Previously, teams that had dual 1,000-yard rushers were Miami in 1972 (Larry Csonka-1,117, MercuryMorris-1,000) and Pittsburgh in 1976 (Franco Harris-1,128, Rocky Bleier-1,036). Since Mack and Byner accomplishedthe feat, it has been done three times. In 2006, Falcons running back Warrick Dunn (1,140) and quarterback MichaelVick (1,039) did it. They were followed by the 2008 New York Giants (Brandon Jacobs-1,089, Derrick Ward-1,025) andthe 2009 Carolina Panthers (Jonathan Stewart-1,133, DeAngelo Williams-1,117)UNDRAFTED AND FIRST-YEAR FREE AGENTS 111