Browns release DB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu

Tour2ma

I was hoping for an April Fools leftover, but sadly no...

The Cleveland Browns have waived defensive back Ifo Ekpre-Olomu with a non-football injury.

Ekpre-Olomu was selected by the Browns in the seventh round last year. He missed the entire season with a knee injury he sustained in college.

http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/news/article-5/Browns-release-DB-Ifo-Ekpre-Olomu/2bab6077-a1e6-40c0-86cd-1868a6337b32

darren15

Shame...I was hoping he would come good after missing last season

One Post

Not too many seventh rounders make it. This is a shame tho.

Mr. Make-Believe

Well... shit. That sucks.

bbedward

Knee must not have healed quite right, shame but it was a low risk gamble anyway

Tour2ma

Has to have failed a physical. No doubt he'll continue to work at his rehab for a time and get a look from other teams someday... maybe even this year.

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@bbedward said:
Knee must not have healed quite right, shame but it was a low risk gamble anyway

Get out the pink to to says Carson Wentz.

D Bone

I have to wonder if it's entirely the knee, or has he lost some of the fight mentally. Probably both if truth be told. I feel bad for the kid, and hopefully he'll put that degree to good use.

gumby73

Nobody in all of sports history can pick' em like my Brownies. Druggies, Drunks & Embezzlers is the new fat, drunk & stupid. Most teams would only draft them with 2 legs & a chance to play football, but not our cracked staff.. Good Luck Expre sure to see you on the other side of the field. Farmer Flyer Towels for everyone..

DieHardBrownsFan

Boy, this is devastating......

hoorta

@gumby73 said:
Nobody in all of sports history can pick' em like my Brownies. Druggies, Drunks & Embezzlers is the new fat, drunk & stupid. Most teams would only draft them with 2 legs & a chance to play football, but not our cracked staff.. Good Luck Expre sure to see you on the other side of the field. Farmer Flyer Towels for everyone..

Hey- they knew he was a serious injury risk when they took him. At least they didn't draft him high like bum knee Montario Hardesty. If you can name another 7th round pick that made it big without looking it up (other than Marques Colston) congrats.

@diehardbrownsfan said:
Boy, this is devastating......

Well, for Ifo it sure is, all that rehab- for nothing.

gumby73

Sorry Hoorta, but 31 teams had a pretty good clue to let that rehab happen first & not take the contract risk. As for Hardesty, he got tore up at the bottom of the pile in a mini camp scrimmage fight against Philadelphia ask Mike Golic. Never seen again.

calfoxwc

Good luck to Ipo, hope he has a great life after football. Sometimes, an injury just can't

be overcome to the ability to play again in the NFL.

Vagitron

@tour2ma said:
Has to have failed a physical. No doubt he'll continue to work at his rehab for a time and get a look from other teams someday... maybe even this year.

If they cut him, he's not close.

hoorta

@gumby73 said:
Sorry Hoorta, but 31 teams had a pretty good clue to let that rehab happen first & not take the contract risk. As for Hardesty, he got tore up at the bottom of the pile in a mini camp scrimmage fight against Philadelphia ask Mike Golic. Never seen again.

Wow, we bet rookie minimum last year $400K that Ifo would recover. Contract risk? Har, har, har. Seventh round picks almost never pay off. it was worth the money to see if the kid would pan out. He didn't- Oh- we owe him $42K- what the Browns pay a groundskeeper.

Kvoethe

The reality of the Nfl.

joedawg69

Well, it was worth a shot. I also have to wonder if the CB's we have fit Horton's defense.

Kvoethe

Hope he has his college degree to fall back on. Unless he was taken advantage of by the system.

LogicIsForSquares

@kvoethe said:
Hope he has his college degree to fall back on. Unless he was taken advantage of by the system.

He had an insurance policy against himself. He collected 3 million. If Ifo got a degree in underwater pottery, he can afford to go back for something viable.

jiggins7919

The only explanation for this I can think of is that he had a recent MRI and the results weren't good. I don't see why a team wouldn't keep the guy just to see, right? I mean, he has a cheap contract, was at one time an early round projection, and appears to have it together off the field. I'm guessing he has a bunch of scar tissue or nerve damage. I just don't see why a team wouldn't want to keep him on the roster until the preseason. Doesn't make sense.