Canadian tight end Nikola Kalinic worked out for the Cleveland Browns on Wednesday, per source.
The six-foot-four, 245-pounder spent the first half of the 2022 season on the practice roster with the Indianapolis Colts. He was promoted to the active roster for the second half of the season, dressing for seven games and recording one kickoff return for 15 yards. He was waived by the team earlier this month before working out for the Green Bay Packers.
Kalinic was selected by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the second round of the 2019 CFL Draft out of York University. He dressed for 30 games over two seasons with the club and recorded 23 receptions for 192 yards and two touchdowns.
At the 2019 CFL Combine, Kalinic recorded a 4.79-second forty-yard dash, 4.44-second shuttle, 7.44-second three-cone, 30.5-inch vertical, nine-foot, four-inch broad jump, and 10 reps of 225 pounds on the bench press.
The Toronto native appeared in 31 games over four seasons (2015-18) at York and caught 38 passes for 416 yards and two touchdowns. He became the first player in school history to be named to the OUA all-star team twice in one season, once on offence and once on special teams.
Kalinic worked out for a number of teams before signing with Indianapolis in 2022, including the Colts, Packers, Tennessee Titans, New Orleans Saints, Seattle Seahawks, and New York Giants.
