Willis McGahee, a month shy of age 32, is the newest Brown, signed today to step into a thin backfield suddenly thinner given the trade of Trent Richardson.
With 8,077 career rushing yards, McGahee ranks 42nd all-time. He joins the following list of veteran backs who became Browns only in the last legs of their careers:
- Jamal Lewis (10,607 career rushing yards, 2,806 with Browns)
- Errict Rhett (4,143, 258)
- Lorenzo White (4,242, 163)
- James Brooks (7,962, 38)
- Joe Morris (5,585, 289)
- Calvin Hill (6,083, 516)
- Tommy Wilson (2,553, 141).