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See Which Cleveland Browns Legends Made Controversial Mount Rushmore
The practice of coming up with a “Mount Rushmore” that highlights the four greatest players in a franchise’s history has become a popular exercise for NFL fans.
Recently the league’s “NFL Throwback” YouTube and social media account tried their hand at building Mount Rushmore’s for all 32 teams. The results were not without some controversy, particularly for the Cleveland Browns.
Via the long-form video that went through the entire list of “Mount Rushmore’s, the four names that made up Cleveland’s monument of legends included: Jim Brown, Joe Thomas, Otto Graham and Lou Groza.
Brown’s appearance on the list certainly makes sense. The hall of fame running back – who passed away just last year – is still regarded today as one of the best players to ever play the sport and remains a Cleveland icon even in death. Additionally, Thomas just received initiation into football greatest fraternity, earning a gold jacket last summer as one of the best players to every don orange and brown. He was a 10-time Pro Bowler in 11 seasons, and a six-time All-Pro as well.
Where Browns fans may start to disagree are with the additions of Graham and Groza. Graham does remain one of the franchise leader’s in passing, second only to Brian Sipe with 23,713 yards and holds the top spot for passing touchdowns with 174. As the video points out, Graham was also a 2-time NFL passing champion, a three time MVP and won three NFL titles pre-merger. Those credentials certainly make him part of the conversation.
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It’s Groza’s presence in particular that leaves a number of other great Browns looking like snubs. Despite still being the franchise’s all-time leader in points with 1,349, ahead of Brown and fellow kicking legend Phil Dawson, Groza making the cut over current Browns star and reigning Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett feels a bit egregious. Some fans may even be willing to make a case for running back Nick Chubb being part of the Browns Mount Rushmore. Chubb is currently fourth in all-all-time rushing for the franchise and third all-time in rushing touchdowns.
Who belongs on the Browns Mount Rushmore?
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Make that a trio of commitment in the Class of 2027 this week for the Louisville football program.
Cleveland (Oh.) Brush defensive end Munir Lewis announced Wednesday that he has committed to the Cardinals. He’s the third commit in the last four days for UofL, Bradenton (Fla.) Cardinal Mooney defensive lineman Kaleb Exume committing on Sunday and Tampa (Fla.) Carrollwood Day two-way athlete Brooklyn Maxey doing so on Monday.
Lewis chose Louisville out of a top seven that also consisted of Ohio State, Michigan State, Illinois, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech and Purdue. He also held offers from Cincinnati, Minnesota, Wisconsin plus several others, and made multiple visits to UofL’s campus – including this past Friday for the spring game. He’s set to return for an official visit this May.
The 6-foot-5, 245-pound defensive end is regarded as the 23rd-ranked prospect in the state of Ohio, the No. 50 edge rusher in the Class of 2027, and the No. 592 recruit in the nation, per the 247Sports Composite.
Lewis was an explosive force for Brush as a junior this past season. He collected 55 total tackles, 13.5 for loss, nine sacks, four pass breakup, a forced fumbles and over 20 quarterback pressures. He helped Brush finish the 2025 season with a 6-4 record.
Lewis is the 12th commitment in Louisville’s 2027 recruiting class, which is on pace to be the best in school history. he joins a class that not only ranks as the best class in the ACC, but the No. 8 class in the nation, per the 247Sports Composite. Four of their commitments are regarded as four-star prospects by the composite.
He’s also the latest in a budding pipeline to the state of Ohio, which has been championed by Executive Director of Football Personnel and Recruiting Vince Marrow. Five of Louisville’s 12 commitments in the 2027 cycle are from the Buckeye State, with three hailing from the Cincinnati area and the other two coming from Cleveland.
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