Jack Conklin

Career Transactions

Originally drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the first round (8th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft…Signed by the Cleveland Browns as an unrestricted free agent on March 18, 2020.

Awards/Honors

• Two-time first team Associated Press All-Pro (2016 and 2020).
• Selected to 2020 PFWA All-NFL team.
• 2022 Browns Ed Block Courage Award winner.

Career Transactions

Originally drafted by the Tennessee Titans in the first round (8th overall) of the 2016 NFL Draft…Signed by the Cleveland Browns as an unrestricted free agent on March 18, 2020.

Awards/Honors

• Two-time first team Associated Press All-Pro (2016 and 2020).
• Selected to 2020 PFWA All-NFL team.
• 2022 Browns Ed Block Courage Award winner.

Key Notes

• Signed four-year contract extension with Browns in 2022 that runs through the 2026 season.
• Opened holes for some of the top running backs in the NFL including Titans RB Derrick Henry, who led the NFL with 1,540 rushing yards in 2019 and RB Nick Chubb, who finished second in the NFL in rushing yards with 1,259 in 2021 and third in the NFL with 1,525 in 2022.
• Sustained a knee injury during the 2023 season opener and missed the remainder of the season.
• 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.
• Paved the way for the Browns to finish third in the NFL in rush yards (2,374) and fifth in yards per carry (4.80 avg.) in 2020. Helped the Browns record four games with at least 200 rushing yards, the most in a season since 1978.
• Helped Chubb (1,067) and RB 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 the Titans rank among the NFL leaders in multiple rushing categories from 2016-19, including rushing touchdowns (70, tied for third), rushing yards (8,266, fourth) and rushing average (4.55, fifth).
• Paved the way for Henry to set a Titans franchise record with 264 rushing yards against Jacksonville on Dec. 6, 2018.
• After not receiving a single Division I scholarship offer, began collegiate career as a preferred walk-on at Michigan State in 2012.

Personal

• Married, Caitlyn, with a daughter, Riley, and two sons, Cash and Crew.
• Attended Plainwell High School in Plainwell, Mich.
• Father, Darren, was a walk-on at Michigan and also was Jack's high school football coach.
• Mother, Jennifer, was an All-American swimmer at Michigan.
• Grandfather, Ron Jackson, was a professional baseball player. He played first base for the Chicago White Sox and Boston Red Sox.
• Majored in interdisciplinary studies of the social sciences at Michigan State.

Beyond Football

• Involved with a pediatric cancer organization called DC Strong, founded by his childhood friend Dustin Colyer, who overcame Wilms' tumor kidney cancer.