Browns Place DB Poyer On IR; Sign DB Reynolds from Practice Squad

The Browns today signed DB Ed Reynolds to the active roster from the practice squad, and put DB Jordan Poyer on injured reserve.

Reynolds is 6-1, 207-pounds and officially in his second NFL season out of Stanford. Originally selected by Philadelphia in the fifth round of the 2014 draft, he appeared in six games last year and totaled 21 tackles, one pass defended and one interception.

He spent the first six weeks of the 2016 season on the Browns’ practice squad. A native of Stoneville, N.C., Reynolds graduated from Woodberry Forest High School. His father, Ed, played 10 seasons (1983-92) in the NFL. He will wear No. 39.

Poyer started all six games this season. He is third on the club with 36 tackles, while adding three special-teams tackles and two passes defensed. He suffered a lacerated kidney at Tennessee.