Playing for your hometown NFL team is a wonder that few get to experience. Mike Hall Jr. will be among those few.
With the Cleveland Browns taking Hall 54th overall in the second round of the 2024 NFL draft on Friday, the kid who grew up in Cleveland before moving 40 minutes away to Streetsboro, Ohio, for his sophomore year of high school will realize his professional dreams in familiar territory.
“It’s the greatest feeling ever in the world,” Hall said. “I’ve gotta, first and foremost, give thanks to my lord and savior Jesus Christ, without him nothing is possible.