CLEVELAND, Ohio — Hall of Famer Charles Woodson, the 1994 Mr. Football in Ohio, is purchasing a 0.1% stake in the Cleveland Browns, the team that’s only 90 miles east of his hometown of Fremont, a league source confirmed for cleveland.com. Dianna Russini of The Athletic first reported the news.

The Browns are now partially owned by Hall of Famer Charles Woodson after he agreed to purchase a small stake in the franchise

Pro Football Hall of Famer Charles Woodson is getting back into the NFL. According to The Athletic, Woodson will purchase a 0.1% stake in the Cleveland Browns from majority owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam.

According to a Browns reporter, no one he's spoken with in the draft or media world said Sanders should've fallen the way he did. He added that he's a first—or second-round quarterback, with many that he would've been gone before the second round.

The Cleveland Browns surprisingly decided to use two mid-round picks on quarterbacks in last month's NFL draft, and it sounds like one of them was their primary target.

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