Browns Acquire Ronnie Harrison in Trade with Jaguars for 5th-Round Draft Pick

The Jacksonville Jaguars traded safety Ronnie Harrison to the Cleveland Browns on Thursday for a 2021 fifth-round pick, the team announced. 

The deal will help address a need at safety for the Browns after rookie Grant Delpit was lost for the season in late August with an Achilles injury. 

Browns defensive coordinator Joe Woods spoke about what the team lost in Delpit, per Andrew Gribble of the team's website:

"Grant was ideal in terms of his versatility. He could play strong, free or he could play the dime. That is kind of what I ran when I was in Denver. We were based on a dime. I still want to be able to run that package, but we are really going have to evaluate where we are with our linebackers and with our secondary in terms of what we can do, but I believe I am going to try to do both."

Harrison, 23, brings versatility, with the size (6'3", 207 lbs) and strength to play closer to the line of scrimmage but the athleticism to cover in space. He's appeared in 28 games (22 starts) in his two seasons, registering 103 tackles, three interceptions, three sacks, 12 passes defensed and a fumble recovery in his career. 

He'll join a safety depth chart that includes Andrew Sendejo, Karl Joseph and Sheldrick Redwine, though Harrison will be expected to win a starting gig. With Joseph expected to hold down strong safety, Harrison could see work at both free safety—though deep coverage is not necessarily his strong suit—and in the heavy dime role.