Cleveland Browns Mascot Swagger Jr. Dead At 5

The Cleveland Browns are dealing with a heartbreaking nonaccomplishment connected Tuesday -- the team's unrecorded mascot, Swagger Jr., has passed away.

He was conscionable 5 years old.

The squad posted a touching connection successful the Bullmastiff's grant minutes agone ... saying, "We are bittersweet to denote the passing of our beloved mascot, SJ. We are truthful grateful for his galore years of loyal enactment and cherish each of the fantastic memories helium helped make for fans young and old."

SJ was the lad of the Browns' archetypal unrecorded mascot, Swagger ... who held the presumption from 2014-19. Swagger passed distant successful 2020 aft a conflict with cancer.

SJ handled gameday duties until his passing. Details surrounding his decease were not released.

The squad has not announced whether it plans to support the caller contented live and enlist different canine for the occupation ... oregon if it volition take to discontinue it altogether.

SJ was introduced with a peculiar video backmost successful 2019 ... showing him roaming astir Cleveland Browns Stadium arsenic the "Rocky" taxable played successful the background.

RIP to a existent legend.