Browns players are back in Super Bowl ... after they've left Cleveland

Liberated from Browns? Go to Super Bowl. Well, that seems to be the case for more and more former Browns players, coaches and executives.

View full sizeEric Gay l Associated PressThird-string quarterback Graham Harrell (6) joins the growing list of former Browns players who have made it to the Super Bowl with other teams.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Remember Graham Harrell, the prolific dink-and-dunk quarterback at Texas Tech who was invited to Browns rookie camps in 2009 and 2010 but wasn't good enough even to be brought to minicamp?

Yep, he's in the Super Bowl as the third quarterback for the Green Bay Packers.

And that places Harrell on this ongoing list of players, coaches and executives who have been with the Browns in my time covering the team (since 1984) only to leave and make it to the Super Bowl.

Harrell was invited to former coach Eric Mangini's 2009 rookie camp on a tryout basis, but did not earn a contract to come back to minicamp. He spent the '09 season on an injury list with Saskatchewan of the Canadian Football League.

Saskatchewan released him in April. Mangini gave him another tryout, and he left again without a contract. The Packers signed him in May.

Harrell stuck with the Packers through training camp and opened the season on their practice squad. He was promoted to the regular roster Dec. 18 after Aaron Rodgers suffered a concussion. He didn't play in a game, but he is on the active roster heading into the Super Bowl. Figures, huh? Liberated from Browns. Go to Super Bowl.

View full sizeAPJourneyman kicker Shaun Suisham, who signed but never played for the Browns, will be on the field for the Steelers on Sunday.

Harrell is the 77th player, coach or executive in my time to leave the Browns and make it to the Super Bowl in another uniform. The others in this game are Steelers -- kicker Shaun Suisham and cornerback Anthony Madison.

The Browns signed Suisham in May as insurance against Phil Dawson holding out. He was released in June. Madison was signed in 2009 and appeared in four games on special teams before being waived.

This list includes only players or executive-level employees of the Browns. It does not include Cleveland natives who have appeared in the Super Bowl, of which there are many, unless they first played with the Browns.

The Ex-Files

Former Browns players, coaches and executives who have left the club since 1984 and made it to the Super Bowl:

From the Browns' playoff era, 1985-89:

Matt Bahr, 1990, N.Y. Giants

Frank Winters, 1996, 1997, Green Bay

Earnest Byner, 1991, Washington

* Ozzie Newsome, 2000, Baltimore

* Anthony Griggs, 1995, Pittsburgh

Michael Dean Perry, 1997, Denver

Tony Jones, 1997, 1998, Denver

* Art Modell, 2000, Baltimore

* Ernie Accorsi, 2000, NY Giants

View full sizeAPBernie Kosar got a Super Bowl ring as a backup to Troy Aikman in Super Bowl XXVIII.

Bernie Kosar, 1993, Dallas

* Howard Mudd, 2006, 2009, Indianapolis

* John Teerlinck, 2006, 2009, Indianapolis, 1997, 1998 Denver

* Dom Anile, 2006, Indianapolis

Bill Cowher, 1995, 2005, Pittsburgh

From the Bud Carson and Bill Belichick eras, 1990-95:

Scott Galbraith, 1993, Dallas

Gene Williams, 1998, Atlanta

Larry Webster, 2000, Baltimore

Rob Burnett, 2000, Baltimore

Phil Savage, 2000, Baltimore

George Kokinis, 2000, Baltimore

Eric Mangini, 2001, 2003, 2004, New England

Anthony Pleasant, 2001, New England

Rick Lyle, 2003, New England

Brian Kinchen, 2003, New England

* Vince Newsome, 2000, Baltimore

Keenan McCardell, 2002, Tampa Bay

Matt Stover, 2000, Baltimore

Randy Hilliard, 1997, Denver

Tom Tupa, 2002, Tampa Bay

Andre Rison, 1996, Green Bay

* Bill Belichick, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, New England

* Mike Lombardi, 2002, Oakland

* John Mitchell, 1995, 2005, Pittsburgh

Mike Frederick, 1999, Tennessee

* Scott Pioli, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, New England

* Chuck Bresnahan, 2002, Oakland

* Scott O'Brien, 2003, Carolina

* Jim Schwartz, 1999, Tennessee

* Jerry Simmons, 2003, Carolina

* Pepper Johnson, 2001, 2003, 2004, New England

From the Browns' expansion era, 1999-present:

Lomas Brown, 2000, NY Giants

Marc Edwards, 2001, New England

Rickey Dudley, 2002, Tampa Bay

Terry Kirby, 2002, Oakland

Chris Gardocki, 2005, Pittsburgh

Madre Hill, 2002, Oakland

Romen Oben, 2002, Tampa Bay

Quincy Morgan, 2005, Pittsburgh

* Raymond Jackson, 2005, Pittsburgh

David Patten, 2001, 2003, 2004, New England

Greg Spires, 2002, Tampa Bay

Kevin Bentley, 2005, Seattle

* Bruce Arians, 2005, 2010, Pittsburgh

* Keith Butler, 2005, 2010, Pittsburgh

* Ken Whisenhunt, 2005, Pittsburgh; 2008, Arizona

* Kevin Spencer, 2005, Pittsburgh

Jason Kyle, 2003, Carolina; 2009, New Orleans

Antonio Garay, 2006, Chicago

Israel Idonije, 2006, Chicago

* Chris Palmer, 2007, N.Y. Giants

Shuan O'Hara, 2007, N.Y. Giants

Reuben Droughns, 2007, N.Y. Giants

* Maurice Carthon, 2008, Arizona

* Bill Davis, 2008, Arizona

* John Lott, 2008, Arizona

* Clancy Pendergast, 2008, Arizona

Ralph Brown, 2008, Arizona

Terrelle Smith, 2008, Arizona

Nick Eason, 2008, 2010, Pittsburgh

Orpheus Roye, 2008, Pittsburgh

* Larry Zierlein, 2008, Pittsburgh

Darnell Dinkins, 2009, New Orleans

Lance Moore, 2009, New Orleans

* Pete Carmichael, 2009, New Orleans

Anthony Madison, 2010, Pittsburgh

Shaun Suisham, 2010, Pittsburgh

Graham Harrell, 2010, Green Bay

*--coach or other non-playing position

Note: The year next to player's name refers to the season they advanced to the Super Bowl.

Source: http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2011/02/browns_players_are_back_in_sup.html

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