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The backup roles after Harold Fannin are wide open. But let's try to focus back in on Blake Whiteheart here. Whiteheart was an undrafted free agent with the Arizona Cardinals in 2023, but didn't make their roster at the end of camp in 2024. The Browns added him, and he was off-and-on the team's practice squad that year before being a backup tight end in 2025. He had maybe one semi-memorable catch in two years with Cleveland, having 8 catches for 55 yards and 1 touchdown.

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Backup TE competition wide open; Whiteheart has minimal receiving production.

Whiteheart is competing for the backup tight end role after Harold Fannin, with the depth chart wide open from the second spot onward. An undrafted free agent who joined the Browns in 2024 after failing to make the Cardinals' roster, Whiteheart has minimal receiving production (8 catches, 55 yards, 1 TD in two years with Cleveland) but contributed 10 tackles on special teams last year; he carries a 40% roster odds projection.

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