Kareem Hunt healthy and ‘ready to go’ 

Hunt, a Cleveland native who spoke to the media Wednesday at his annual youth football camp at his former high school, Willoughby South, is fully recovered and ready for 2022. He participated in the Browns’ mandatory minicamp and organized team activities in May and June and was back to showcasing the same explosiveness and quick-cut abilities that have made him one of the most versatile backs in the league.

“I had some time to heal this offseason,” Hunt said. “I’m getting back to it. Body’s feeling good and nothing’s bothering me.”

Injuries weren’t the only new obstacle Hunt experienced last season.

Running backs coach Stump Mitchell was also not on the sidelines for the last 10 games due to multiple knee procedures. Mitchell, 63, has coached for three decades and is well-respected by the team. His absence was most noticeable in the running backs room, even though he continued to text and call the players with tips and occasionally attend practice.

Mitchell was back on a full-time basis for the offseason program. His voice was loud on the field at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus, shouting instructions to his players on the field and dishing compliments to running backs and other offensive guys for making good plays. His long, white beard that gives him a distinct look hasn’t changed, either.

“Y’all don’t really know this, but Coach Stump brings the juice,” Hunt said. “We missed him a lot. It’s funny because it didn’t feel right going into meetings and not seeing Coach Stump talk to me, Nick (Chubb) and D’Ernest (Johnson) and all the guys. It was different.”

In addition to Mitchell, the Browns will have a full brass of familiar faces in the running backs room when they all come back to Cleveland for the first training camp practice on July 27.

The group is led by Chubb and Hunt, but the Browns also re-signed Johnson, who stepped up when Chubb and Hunt both dealt with injuries last year, and drafted Cincinnati product Jerome Ford in the fifth round of the 2022 NFL Draft….