The news will be officially official at 4 p.m. ET on Tuesday, which is the NFL’s roster cutdown deadline to 53-man rosters.

But the Cleveland Browns appear to have signaled their intentions with Gage Larvadain.

The Browns cut DeAndre Carter, a slot receiver who is also a return man. And reporter Mike Triplett writes that it looks like that clears the spot for Larvadain to make the Browns’ roster.

“A cool southern Louisiana underdog story,” writes Triplett.

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Larvadain’s journey to this point wasn’t straightforward. 

He went to Southeastern Louisiana University out of high school in that state, and he also joined their basketball team as a walk-on.

He was the Southland Conference Freshman of the Year and spent two seasons at SELA, including 11 basketball games.

After those two years, he transferred to Miami (Ohio), where he had 42 catches for 679 yards and six TDs.

After that season, he transferred to South Carolina. With the Gamecocks, he had 19 catches for 223 yards and a touchdown.

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Larvadain measured just 5-foot-8, 170 pounds at his Pro Day.

The Browns invited him to their rookie minicamp, and he was good enough there to earn a contract for the rest of the summer. And since then, Larvadain hasn’t stopped impressing.

The Browns have a relatively wide open WR depth chart behind Jerry Jeudy and Cedric Tillman. Larvadain could legitimately see the field in the early going.

It’s been quite the rise, and Larvadain isn’t done yet.

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