Heading toward their Week 6 game, there was a real chance that the Cleveland Browns would not have linebacker Carson Schwesinger to face the Baltimore Ravens. The star defender was dealing with an ankle injury and ended the week with one limited practice and a questionable designation.
It was a daunting circumstance going up against a Ravens running game led by Derrick Henry. Fortunately, Schwesinger was able to play, and he went on to have his best game of the season in Cleveland’s 13-10 win.
As Daniel Oyefusi of ESPN points out, Schwesinger’s numbers on a bad ankle are staggering, with 13 combined tackles that easily led the Browns’ defense.
“Playing on a sprained ankle, Browns LB Carson Schwesinger finished with 13 tackles and 9 defensive stops against the Ravens. Both marks were double the next closest Cleveland defender, per Next Gen Stats. Every one of Schwesinger’s tackles against the run resulted in a successful play for the Browns,” Oyefusi posted.
Playing on a sprained ankle, Browns LB Carson Schwesinger finished with 13 tackles and 9 defensive stops against the Ravens. Both marks were double the next closest Cleveland defender, per @NextGenStats.
Every one of Schwesinger’s tackles against the run resulted in a successful… pic.twitter.com/BAcHkdp1w3
— Daniel Oyefusi (@DanielOyefusi) October 19, 2026
Schwesinger provided arguably the biggest play of the Browns’ comeback win. Trailing 10-3 in the fourth quarter, he punched the ball out of Henry’s hands, and Cleveland recovered the fumble on the Baltimore 35-yard line. It scored the tying touchdown on the following drive and finished the job with an Andre Szmyt field goal as time expired.
A second-round pick from the 2026 NFL Draft who won Defensive Rookie of the Year, Schwesinger’s previous game-high this season was 10 combined tackles, which he posted in each of the first two weeks. He has 56 combined tackles so far, which puts him on pace for 158 over 17 games, after he had 156 in 16 games last year. That would put Schwesinger within range of the NFL record for tackles by a player in his first two seasons, which is held by Hall of Famer Luke Kuechly at 320.
On Sunday, linebacker Quincy Williams and rookie safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren were next on the Browns with six combined tackles each. Safety Ronnie Hickman had five, which was the number of solo tackles Schwesinger recorded.
Each of the Browns’ four victories this season has been by four points or fewer, so every one of Schwesinger’s tackles can be considered important, and Cleveland will have to hope he came out of this game no worse for wear heading into a Week 7 visit to the Tennessee Titans.
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