Cleveland Browns Top 10 Receivers of All-Time: Number 3

Dante Lavelli, Right End

A favorite target of the great Otto Graham and a disciple of coaching legend Paul Brown, Dante Lavelli had a career that puts him in the running for the greatest Browns receiver of all time.

Lavelli, an end for the Ohio State team before he turned pro (though he only played three games there before leaving to join the U.S. Army), spent his entire 11 year professional career with the Browns from 1946 to 1956.

Known by the illustrative sobriquet "Gluefingers", Lavelli had 6,488 career yards, 386 receptions, and 62 touchdowns.

His best season was his rookie year in 1946, when he had 40 receptions, 843 yards, and an NFL leading 21.1 yards/reception. He went on to be named to the All-AAFC team twice, the All-NFL team twice, and three Pro Bowls.

Lavelli was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1975.