The Cleveland Browns placed Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah on reserve/physically unable to perform in 2026, a roster move that keeps the Pro Bowl linebacker off the field after the neck injury he sustained against the Ravens on Oct. 27, 2024.
Owusu-Koramoah, a second-round pick in 2021, has appeared in 49 career games and built a résumé that includes 302 tackles, eight sacks, three interceptions, 17 passes defensed, six forced fumbles and 40 tackles for loss. For Cleveland, losing that kind of production to a reserve designation is a reminder that the injury suffered in Baltimore has already outlasted one season and now carries into the next.
The Browns also designated Nik Constantinou as the team’s international player, part of a separate roster move that came alongside the decision on Owusu-Koramoah. The linebacker’s placement on reserve/PUP means he remains unavailable while the team sorts out its lineup, and it leaves Cleveland with a proven defender sidelined at a point when every roster spot carries added weight.
The tension around the move is not about what Owusu-Koramoah has done, but what the Browns still do not know about when, or whether, they can count on him again. A player with 49 games and 302 tackles is not being treated like a temporary absence; he is being handled as a long-term question.
