Jedrick Wills

Career Transactions

Originally drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round (10th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft.

Awards/Honors

• 2020 NFL Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week for Week 10, becoming just the fourth offensive lineman to win the award since its inception in 2002 and first since 2013.
• Named to PFWA's 2020 NFL All-Rookie team.

Career Transactions

Originally drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the first round (10th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft.

Awards/Honors

• 2020 NFL Pepsi Zero Sugar Rookie of the Week for Week 10, becoming just the fourth offensive lineman to win the award since its inception in 2002 and first since 2013.
• Named to PFWA's 2020 NFL All-Rookie team.

Key Notes

• Helped the Browns lead the NFL in rushing average in 2021 with a 5.09 mark, the highest average by a Browns team since 1966. The offensive line opened holes for RB Nick Chubb, who finished second in the league in rushing yards.
• Paved the way for the Browns to finish 2020 third in the NFL in rush yards (2,374) and fifth in yards per carry (4.80 avg.). Helped the Browns record four games with at least 200 rushing yards, their most in a season since 1978. Opened holes for Chubb who became first Browns RB to amass 1,000 rushing yards in back-to-back seasons (2019-20) since Jamal Lewis (2007-08).
• Helped Chubb (1,067) and Kareem Hunt (841) become the only pair of teammates to each record 840-plus rushing yards in 2020, highlighted in a win against Houston on Nov. 15, when Chubb (126) and Hunt (104) became the first Browns to each record 100 yards rushing in the same game since 1966.
• Helped anchor the Crimson Tide's offensive line that ranked third nationally, allowing just .92 sacks per game, surrendering only 12 sacks in 406 pass attempts during the 2019 season. Part of Alabama's offense that ranked No. 2 nationally in scoring (47.2 ppg), third in passing (342.2 ypg) and sixth in total offense (510.8 ypg). Started 29 games at right tackle, including 28 straight to end his career.

Personal

• Native of Lexington, Ky. and attended Lafayette High School.
• Selected to the Under Armour All-America Game, the only player from the state of Kentucky to be invited.
• First team All-State selection as a senior and a second-team honoree in 2016 by the (Louisville) Courier-Journal.

Beyond Football

• Hosted the inaugural Jed Wills Winter Blast during the 2020 holiday season. Wills paid for a new car for one woman in need, as well as rent for a family that lost its home in a fire and $50,000 of toys, gifts and cash to five families in the Cleveland area.