For Immediate Release
December 20, 2005

BROWNS ANNOUNCE ROSTER MOVES

The Cleveland Browns have placed C Jeff Faine on Injured Reserve, signed OL Dwayne Ledford to the active roster and signed RB Jason Wright to the practice squad, the club announced today.

Ledford, 6-4 and 300 lbs., has played in nine games, including one start during his NFL career.  In 2003, Ledford appeared in eight games, which included one start for San Francisco.  Ledford originally began his career in 1999 on the San Francisco 49ers practice squad and portions of the 2000 season with the Jacksonville Jaguars practice squad.  Recently, he spent the 2005 training camp with the New Orleans Saints before being waived at the end of camp.

Wright, 5-10 and 210 lbs., has played in three games for the Browns this season and has totaled 11 carries for 27 yards and one rushing TD and three receptions for 15 yards.  Wright originally joined the Browns when he was signed to the practice squad on Sept. 13.  After spending seven weeks on the practice squad he was signed to the active roster on Nov. 3.  In his first game with the Browns, Wright had eight carries for 19 yards and his first career rushing TD vs. Tennessee on Nov. 6, in a 20-14 win over the Titans.  

Games Played/Started:  1999 (0/0); 2000 (1/0); 2001 (0/0); 2002 (0/0); 2003 (8/1); 2004 (0/0); 2005 (0/0).

Career Games:  9 games, 1 start.

Career Transactions:  Originally signed by San Francisco as an undrafted rookie free agent on April 23, 1999…Waived by San Francisco on Sept. 5, 1999…Signed by San Francisco to the practice squad on Sept. 7, 1999…Signed by San Francisco to the active roster on Dec. 29, 1999…Waived by San Francisco on Sept. 15, 2000…Signed by Jacksonville to the practice squad on Nov. 15, 2000…Signed by Jacksonville to the active roster on Dec. 20, 2000…Waived by Jacksonville on Sept. 2, 2001…Signed by Carolina as a free agent on Oct. 23, 2001…Waived by Carolina on Nov. 6, 2001…Signed by Philadelphia as a free agent on Feb. 12, 2002...Waived by Philadelphia on Sept. 5, 2002…Signed by San Francisco as a free agent on June 19, 2003…Waived by San Francisco on Sept. 5, 2004…Signed by San Francisco on Sept. 22, 2004…Waived by San Francisco on Oct. 5, 2004…Signed by New Orleans on Feb. 14, 2005…Waived by New Orleans on Sept. 3, 2005…Signed by Cleveland as a free agent on Dec. 20, 2005.

Seasonal Reviews:
2005:  Signed by New Orleans on Feb. 14 and was waived by the Saints at the end of camp…Signed by Cleveland as a free agent on Dec. 20.

2004:  Began the year with San Francisco and was waived at the end of training camp…Signed by the 49ers on Sept. 22, and was inactive at Seattle on Sept. 26, and vs. St. Louis on Oct. 3…Waived by San Francisco on Oct. 5.

2003:  Signed by San Francisco on June 19, and saw action in eight games with San Francisco...Made his first career start at St. Louis on Sept. 14.

2002:  Signed by Philadelphia on Feb. 12…Participated in NFL Europe and played for the Rhein Fire by starting 10 games and the World Bowl…Waived by the Eagles at the end of training camp.

2001:  Began the season with Jacksonville and was waived at the end of training camp…Signed by Carolina as a free agent on Nov. 6, and was inactive vs. N.Y. Jets on Oct. 28, and at Miami on Nov. 4…Waived by Carolina on Nov. 6.

2000:  Began the season on the 49ers roster and played in one game before being waived on Sept. 15…Signed by Jacksonville to the practice squad on Nov. 15, and spent five weeks on the Jaguars’ practice squad before being signed to the active roster on Dec. 20…Was inactive for the final regular season game.

1999:  Signed by San Francisco as an udrafted rookie free agent and spent the first 16 weeks of the regular season on the practice squad…Signed by San Francisco to the active roster on Dec. 29, and was inactive for the regular season finale at Atlanta on Jan. 3.

College:  Made the switch from defensive tackle to offensive tackle as a senior at East Carolina.

Personal:  Born Nov. 2, 1976 in Morgantown, N.C.

JASON WRIGHT
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Running Back    
Height: 5-10        
Weight: 210
College: Northwestern
Birth Date: July 12, 1982
How Acquired: FA – ’05
Year with Browns: 1^st       
Year in NFL: 1^st 

Games Played/Started: 2004 (2/0); 2005 (3/0).

Career Totals: 5 games, 0 starts.
Postseason Games:  0 games, 0 starts.
               
Career Transactions: Originally signed by San Francisco as an undrafted rookie free agent on April 26, 2004…Waived by San Francisco on Aug. 31, 2004…Signed by Atlanta to the practice squad on Sept. 7, 2004…Waived by Atlanta on Oct. 19, 2004…Signed by Atlanta to the practice squad on Oct. 25, 2004…Signed by Atlanta to the active roster on Dec. 14, 2004…Waived by Atlanta on Sept. 3, 2005…Signed by Cleveland to the practice squad on Sept. 13, 2005…Signed by Cleveland from the practice squad to the active roster on Nov. 3, 2005…Waived by Cleveland on Dec. 16, 2005…Signed by Cleveland to the practice squad on Dec. 20, 2005.

Seasonal Reviews

2005:  Began the year in training camp with Atlanta and was waived at the end of camp…Signed by Cleveland to the practice squad on Sept. 13, and spent seven weeks on the club’s practice squad…Signed by Cleveland to the active roster on Nov. 3, and has played in three games with 11 carries for 27 yards (2.4 avg.) and 1 rushing TD and has added 3 receptions for 15 yards…Made his Browns debut vs. Tennessee on Nov. 6, and had 8 carries for 19 yards and 1 rushing TD and 3 receptions for 15 yards…Also played at Pittsburgh on Nov. 13, with 1 kickoff return for 17 yards…Added 3 carries for 8 yards vs. Miami on Nov. 20…Listed as inactive for the next three contest at Minnesota on Nov. 27, vs. Jacksonville on Dec. 4, and at Cincinnati on Dec. 11…Waived by Cleveland on Dec. 16, as injuries at the tight end position forced the Browns to sign TE Paul Irons from the practice squad to the active roster…Signed by Cleveland to the practice squad on Dec. 20.

2004:  Signed by San Francisco as an undrafted rookie free agent…Waived by San Francisco at the end of training camp and signed with Atlanta to the practice squad…Spent 12 weeks on the Falcons’ practice squad before joining Atlanta’s 53-man roster on Dec. 14…Played in two games with 3 carries for 10 yards (3.3 avg.), including a long of 8 yards…Made his NFL debut vs. Carolina on Dec. 18, with 2 carries for 2 yards…Added 1 rush for 8 yards at New Orleans on Dec. 26…Inactive for the regular season finale, the NFC Divisional Playoff Game and the NFC Championship Game.

College: Finished career as the fourth all-time leading rusher with 2,625 yards, third all-time all-purpose yardage leader with 4,030 yards and fourth all-time leading scorer with 210 points in Northwestern school history…In his collegiate career totaled 2,625 yards and 32 TDs on 487 carries (5.4 avg.), and added 577 yards and 2 TDs on 54 receptions (10.7 avg.) and 828 yards with 1 TD on 31 kickoff returns…Became the only player in school history to rush for 4 TDs in a game on three separate occasions in one season and the third player to record a pair of 1,000-yard rushing seasons in school history.

Personal: Lettered in football and track at Diamond Bar (Calif.) High School…Finished career with 4,268 yards on 519 carries and 357 yards on 36 receptions with 58 total TDs…Two-time first-team Academic All-America selection at Northwestern where he was a double-major in psychology and pre-medicine…Scored in the 92^nd percentile on the MCAT exam in the fall of 2003…Sang the national anthem prior to the 2003 Northwestern-Ohio State men’s basketball game…Born Jason Gomillion Wright on July 12, 1982 in Diamond Bar, Calif.

WRIGHT’S SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
                                                 RUSHING ATTEMPTS:    8 vs. Tennessee 11/6/05
                                                       RUSHING YARDS:    19 vs. Tennessee 11/6/05
                                                               LONG RUSH:    6t vs. Tennessee 11/6/05
                                                            RUSHING TDS:    1 vs. Tennessee 11/6/05
                                                             RECEPTIONS:    3 vs. Tennessee 11/6/05
                                                RECEPTIONS YARDS:    15 vs. Tennessee 11/6/05
                                                     LONG RECEPTION:    15 vs. Tennessee 11/6/05

WRIGHT’S CAREER OFFENSIVE STATISTICS
                                              RUSHING                                                                     RECEIVING                                          
Year              No.          Yds         Avg.          Lg            TD                 No.          Yds         Avg.          Lg            TD
2004 (Atl)        3             10            3.3            9              0                    0              0             0.0            0              0
2005 (Cle.)     11            27            2.4            6              1                    3             15            5.0           15             0                
Career           14            37            2.6            9              1                    3             15            5.0           15             0