Ronnie Harrison is returning home in Week 12. The Browns starting safety played collegiately at Florida State and spent the first pat of his NFL career in Jacksonville, the site of Sunday’s game. While Harrison is happy to be going back, he’s even happier to be able to leave as a proud member of the Cleveland Browns.
The Browns traded for Harrison just before the season after second-round pick Grant Delpit was lost due to injury. Harrison was a starter for the Jaguars as a third-round pick in 2018, but he apparently didn’t mesh with their long-term plan.
The Jaguars are 1-9 and haven’t won since Week 1. Harrison now starts for the 7-3 Browns and has grown more comfortable and impactful in Joe Woods’ defense by the week.
“God had his hand on this one,’’ Harrison said in a Zoom this week about coming to Cleveland from Jacksonville. “It’s been great. I couldn’t even imagine a better place or a better fit for me. I feel comfortable, and I like it here.”
He didn’t feel that way at first. Understandably, Harrison was shocked at being traded away from a place where he was comfortable.
“Really, I was kind of heartbroken at the moment just because of how fast everything happened,’’ Harrison said. “I didn’t really know what to expect up here. I just knew it was cold. I knew they had a couple of good guys on offense and they had a couple players, especially on defense, as well. Really, I was kind of shocked in the moment. I really was not even putting too much thought into Cleveland.”
On Sunday, Harrison gets a chance to prove the Jaguars made a poor business decision in trading him away.