How much do the Browns owe Austin Hooper?

Austin Hooper will be owed $8,250,000 which is 3.9 per cent of the Browns’ cap. He temporarily became the highest-paid tight end in the NFL with a $42 million, four-year contract over the first two seasons.

Austin Hooper would have carried the fourth-highest cap number on the Browns’ 2022 roster at $13.25 million.

Austin Hooper finished the 2021 season with 38 receptions for 345 receiving yards and three receiving touchdowns.

Austin Hooper has played for the Atlanta Falcons from 2016 to 2019, the Cleveland Browns from 2020 to 2021, and the Tennessee Titans from 2022 to the present.

Rivals.com rated Austin Hooper a three-star recruit. ESPN rated Austin Hooper as a four-star recruit and as the 261st player overall in the nation regardless of position.

Austin Hooper was a finalist for the John Mackey Award, and First-team All-Pac-12. Austin Hooper was the second tight end selected in the 2016 NFL Draft.

Austin Hooper was named to his first Pro Bowl as a replacement for Eagles tight end Zach Ertz on January 15, 2019.