Reviewing the Browns’ offensive line heading into the 2026 season | Position Preview

The Browns are just about three weeks away from players reporting back to CrossCountry Mortgage Campus for the beginning of training camp. To prepare for training camp, associate editor Kelsey Russo is putting together a preview for each position on the roster. Catch up on the other position previews on the quarterbacks, wide receivers, running backs and tight ends. Next up, let’s look at the offensive line.

Austin Barber
Jeremiah Byers
Jack Conley
Spencer Fano
Tytus Howard
Dawand Jones
KT Leveston
Izavion Miller
Tyre Phillips

What We Know: The Browns overhauled their offensive line during the offseason, with Executive Vice President of Football Operations and General Manager Andrew Berry noting following the end of the 2025 season that this position group would likely see the majority of the changes they made to the roster.

They quickly began that process at the start of free agency, trading for Howard and signing Elgton Jenkins and Johnson, as well as re-signing Teven Jenkins. Then during the draft, they selected Fano with the ninth overall pick and added two more offensive linemen in Brailsford and Barber in later rounds.

With the retirement of the longest tenured member of the Browns in G Joel Bitiono in June, and the new additions to the roster, the Browns’ offensive line will have a new identity this upcoming season. They also have a new offensive line coach in George Warhop to lead the group in this new era of the offensive line. This group will continue to build chemistry as a unit as they also master the new offensive scheme under head coach Todd Monken and offensive coordinator Travis Switzer.

Among all the change on the offensive line, the Browns had one of their previous draft picks return to the field. T Dawand Jones returned to practice during OTAs and minicamp after he sustained a season-ending injury in Week 3 of the 2025 season that required surgery to repair a Lateral Collateral Ligament (LCL) tear and hamstring avulsion. Jones participated in individual and team drills throughout the spring, working with both the first and second teams as he continues to improve and the coaching staff evaluates his progress.

Take a look at how the Browns revamped the offensive line in free agency and the draft, and used the offseason program as they work to solidify their starting five linemen.