Who else ever beat out five first-rounders?

At this point, it’s really anyone’s guess who will line up behind center when the Browns’ 2015 season opens seven months from now. Will free-agent-to-be Brian Hoyer be re-signed? Will Johnny Manziel elevate his game? Surely the Browns will sign, trade for and/or draft at least one and probably two other QBs. But that speculation is all over the map.

All this is just prelude to my making one small point. Brian Hoyer, who entered the league undrafted, the local kid with a chip on his shoulder, has completed his two-year contract with the Browns. That alone is remarkable. Who was the last Cleveland QB to sign a multi-year contract and stay through its expiration? Kelly Holcomb?

Anyway, in his two years here, the Browns went 10-6 in games he started. They went 1-15 in the games he didn’t. He beat out no fewer than five different first-round quarterbacks in order to earn that playing time:

Has anyone anywhere ever fended off challenges from five first-round draft picks at his position in the span of just two years? That it would be done by an undrafted guy with only a single start in his first four years is pretty astounding.

Hoyer eventually got the nod over Campbell and Weeden in 2013.