Browns coach Todd Monken comments on TE Dae'Quan Wright entering the portal
Dae'Quan Wright is walking away from the NFL to return to college football at LSU, according to the reporting, with Browns coach Todd Monken already having addressed his exit and the note that he may join LSU after clearing waivers. This is about as clear a negative signal as fantasy analysis gets — a player removing himself from the league entirely erases any dynasty or deep-league stash value he had.
For draft prep purposes, Wright should be crossed off your board completely. He was already a fringe tight end with no established target share or role, and now he's not even an NFL roster consideration. There's no scenario here worth hedging on the outcome itself — the reporting on him leaving is stated plainly and corroborated across multiple sources — though the exact mechanics of the waiver/portal process carry some lower-confidence framing. Regardless, the practical fantasy takeaway is the same: he's off the field in the NFL.
Action item: drop him from any dynasty or keeper league roster now if you have him stashed, and do not draft or bid on him in any format this offseason. There's no flex-speculation or late-round dart-throw case to be made here — this is a full outflow of value, not a temporary demotion or competition-based concern. File this as a non-factor for 2025 fantasy purposes and move your late-round tight end attention to players actually expected to be on NFL rosters this fall.
Browns tight end Dae’Quan Wright is poised to do something that once would have been unthinkable: Leave the NFL and go play in the NCAA.