NFL Free Agency: Trysten Hill signs contract with Cleveland Browns

Trysten Hill has signed a deal to play with the Cleveland Browns next season, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. Hill spent time with the Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals last season.

Hill was drafted in the second round of the 2019 NFL Draft by Dallas out of UCF. Across 25 career games and five starts with the Cowboys, Hill has recorded 33 tackles (four for loss), 0.5 sacks and 11 QB pressures. He has played seven games for them in 2022 and ended his time with the franchise with six tackles (two for loss) and three QB pressures. 

He played six games for the Cardinals after being waived by Dallas last November but finished his fourth NFL season with 10 solo tackles and one sack.

At UCF, Hiill was a part of back-to-back undefeated regular seasons in 2017 and 2018. He finished his college career with 71 tackles (20 for loss), six sacks and a forced fumble across three seasons with the Knights.

More on the 2023 NFL offseason, free agency

The NFL 2023 calendar year is set to begin at 4 p.m. ET on March 15 when contracts running through 2022 will officially run out, making those players free agents. Prior to the beginning of free agency, teams will have a chance to designate one franchise or transition tag player, starting on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. ET and ending on March 7. Beginning March 13 through March 15 teams will be allowed a legal negotiation with players who are set to become unrestricted free agents.

In addition to NFL free agency, the new year also marks the beginning of all trades being made official by the league office. April 21 marks the deadline to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets while April 26 marks the deadline for teams to match restricted free agent offers sheets. 722 players are slated to become free agents in 2023.

More on restricted, exclusive rights free agents

Players with only three years of accredited NFL experience become restricted free agents. Their original team will have the option to apply first-round, second-round, original-round, and right-of-fight-of-first-refusal tenders on players at escalating price tags. The higher the round, the more expensive the tender amount; however, if a separate team does offer a contract and the original team does not match that round pick will be conveyed from the new team to the original team. Right of first refusal only gives a team the option to match or not. If they don’t match, they get nothing in return. An original-round tender would send a draft pick from whatever round the player was drafted back to the original team if they chose not to match. The original team will have five days to match once a player signs an offer sheet from a new team.