Rosen denies ever stating he doesn't want to play for Browns

Josh Rosen wants to make something clear.

The star quarterback out of UCLA denies ever saying he does not want to play for the Cleveland Browns.

"I've never said anything about not wanting to play in Cleveland," Rosen told NFL Network's Mike Silver last week. "I don't know where that came from. There's absolutely no foundation in reality in that (report)."

Late in his final college season, word circulated he'd prefer that the Browns, holders of the No. 1 pick in this year's draft, pass on him.

Though Rosen says there's no truth to those rumors, he did say in December that he'd "rather be a lower pick at the right team than a higher one at the wrong team."