The Browns entered the 2010 NFL Draft with ten picks and emerged on Saturday afternoon with eight new players and a football staff excited about the results of the three-day event.
“We finished a very productive draft, the draft portion of it and of course, now, we’ve got to roll up our sleeves and fill out the roster with free agents,” said President Mike Holmgren.
“Tom (Heckert) did a great job of setting the board up,” he added. “Eric (Mangini) and the coaches were very thorough and communicated very well with us on what he thought he needed to make the team stronger. The communication was excellent in the room and it was a very, very healthy, good start for us.”
On the final day of the Draft, Larry Asante, Carlton Mitchell and Clifton Geathers joined a talented class of first and second day picks in 
“I’m excited about all these guys,” Mangini said. “I think we did a lot of things that can really help us and we’ve gotten a lot of good kids as well, which is important. Now, it’s up to us and them to figure out the best way for them to contribute, hopefully, right away in whatever context that is.”
“Carlton’s a guy with great size and great speed,” said Heckert. “Why he fell as far as he did, I don’t have the answer to that. We’re happy to have him. He’s a little bit on the raw side; he’s going to need some time, but he showed flashes of being a really good player and we’re excited to work with him.”
“Just looking at the big picture, I think we could be a little stronger right now without ever having played a game,” Holmgren concluded. “The idea is to keep your core and then keep building on it and get a little stronger next year.”
Here is a recap of the Browns picks in the 2010 NFL Draft.
BROWNS PICKS IN 2010 NFL DRAFT
1st Round
No. 7 overall-Joe Haden (DB/Florida)
2nd Round
No. 38 overall-T.J. Ward (S/Oregon)
No. 59 overall-Montario Hardesty (RB/Tennessee)
3rd Round
No. 85 overall-Colt McCoy (QB/Texas)
No. 92 overall-Shawn Lauvao (OL/Arizona State)
5th Round
No. 160 overall-Larry Asante (S/Nebraska)
6th Round
No. 177 overall-Carlton Mitchell (WR/South Florida)
No. 186 overall-Clifton Geathers (DE/South Carolina)
