Jets Acquire DT Jowon Briggs from the Browns

Jets Acquire DT Jowon Briggs from the Browns

New York Jets
21 Aug 2025, 00:45 GMT+

Green & White Trade Sixth-Round Pick for DL

Eric Allen

The Jets have acquired DTJowon Briggsand a seventh-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft from the Browns (via the Bills) in exchange for the team's sixth-round pick next April.

Briggs (6-1, 313) appeared in six games for Cleveland last season, registering 13 tackles and 2 QB hits. A seventh-round pick (No. 243 overall) of the Browns in 2024, Briggs played collegiately at Virginia (2019-20) and Cincinnati (2021-23) and registered 170 tackles and 12 sacks.

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