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We are doing a countdown to the Cleveland Browns' first regular season game against the New York Jets, which is on September 13, 2015. For each day we are counting down, we will try to find a photo of a current or past member of the Browns in that uniform, and we'll also list the players who have donned that jersey in the past.
As of Monday, we are just 48 days away from the Browns' regular season opener. No. 48 is currently being worn by rookie outside linebacker Nate Orchard. RB Ernie Green easily takes the cake as the most notable player to have ever worn the number. Here is the list of players who have worn No. 48 in the history of the franchise, per Pro Football Reference:
| From | To | AV | |
| Chubby Grigg | 1950 | 1951 | 0 |
| Milt Campbell | 1957 | 1957 | 0 |
| Ernie Green | 1962 | 1968 | 53 |
| Dave Sullivan | 1973 | 1974 | 1 |
| John Pitts | 1975 | 1975 | 2 |
| Ken Ellis | 1977 | 1977 | 2 |
| Lawrence Johnson | 1979 | 1984 | 15 |
| D.D. Hoggard | 1985 | 1987 | 1 |
| Brian Washington | 1988 | 1988 | 3 |
| Brian Kinchen | 1991 | 1991 | 0 |
| Najee Mustafaa | 1993 | 1993 | 5 |
| Frank Hartley | 1994 | 1995 | 1 |
| Rodrick Monroe | 2001 | 2001 | 0 |
| Kevin McLeod | 2003 | 2003 | 0 |
| Sherrod Coates | 2004 | 2004 | 0 |
| Owen Marecic | 2011 | 2012 | 0 |
| Ray Agnew | 2014 | 2014 | 0 |