- Mary Kay Cabot of the Cleveland Plain Dealer has said that second-year tight end Seth DeValve “jumped out” at Cleveland Browns’ OTA’s and minicamp, and called DeValve, “one of the most improved players from 2016.”
- In his rookie year, DeValve played just 92 snaps for the Browns, and caught all 10 catchable targets thrown his way. He received a PFF overall grade of 69.6, the third highest grade by a rookie tight end. He was productive on his limited snaps, and averaged 2.31 yards per route run, which led all rookie tight ends.
- DeValve was good with the ball in his hands, forcing three missed tackles on his 10 receptions, tying for the most among rookies with Hunter Henry, who saw 26 more receptions. When targeting DeValve, Browns quarterbacks earned a passer rating of 150.3, the second-highest mark of all tight ends in the league with at least 10 targets.
- In 2016, The Browns used two tight ends on 20.2 percent of their offensive plays, but with DeValve and first-round pick David Njoku looking good in practice, Ms Cabot says she expects the Browns to run much more two tight end sets in 2017.
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