Oregon Ducks In The NFL: Cleveland Browns Waive Cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu
Ifo Ekpre-Olomu is still not football ready and the Cleveland Browns have made a decision about his future.
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Former Oregon Ducks Cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu was looking forward to seeing the field in Cleveland this season following a year lost from a knee injury in his final year as an Oregon player. Olomu has been rehabbing. Before the injury, Olomu was considered a high round NFL Draft pick, but he fell in the NFL Draft and was selected in the seventh round by the Cleveland Browns. Word came on Saturday that Olomu’s time in Cleveland is over as he was cut before even seeing the field
He was released with a ‘non football’ injury designation according to NBCSports after he has still not fully healed from the injury in December of 2014 that kept him out of the College Football Playoff game against Florida State and eventual game against Ohio State in the National Championship. Now, Olomu must clear the waiver system before becoming a Free Agent. If he does there is one place that could surface as a home for the former Oregon Cornerback.
The #Browns released second-year CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu, whose devastating knee injury robbed him of being a first-round pick and obviously more
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) April 2, 2016
The storyline of Chip Kelly being fired in Philadelphia and hired in San Francisco could see Ifo Ekpre-Olomu reunite with his former coach in the City by the Bay.
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Ifo Ekpre Olomu was reported to have received $3 million from an insurance policy taken out by the University of Oregon prior to the injury if he fell out of the first round, his likely landing spot in the NFL Draft.