{"id":605966,"date":"2026-04-25T17:13:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605966\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:13:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:13:18","slug":"espns-mike-greenberg-makes-terrible-mistake-about-browns-draft-pick-apologizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/605966\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN’s Mike Greenberg makes ‘terrible’ mistake about Browns’ draft pick, apologizes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ESPN broadcaster Mike Greenberg made a brutal gaffe during Day 2 of the NFL Draft<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

The Cleveland Browns<\/a> selected wide receiver Denzel Boston out of Washington with the No. 39 overall pick. Boston shares the same surname as former NFL wide receiver David Boston, who had a solid NFL career when he was catching passes for multiple teams.<\/p>\n

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\"Washington <\/p>\n

Washington Huskies wide receiver Denzel Boston celebrates after making a reception in the first half against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Oct. 18, 2025. (Rick Osentoski\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

Greenberg immediately made the connection that the two were connected.<\/p>\n

“You remember his dad, David Boston, first-round pick out of Ohio State in 1999,” Greenberg said on ESPN, while reading off his stats for the Huskies.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, for Greeny, that didn\u2019t turn out to be the case.<\/p>\n

He was forced to apologize for the error, calling it a “mistake” in his research as Cleveland traded out of<\/a> the No. 74 spot later in the event.<\/p>\n

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ESPN personality Mike Greenberg is interviewed on radio row at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas, on Feb. 1, 2017, ahead of Super Bowl LI. (Jerry Lai\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n

\"Arizona <\/p>\n

Arizona Cardinals receiver David Boston warms up before a game against the Dallas Cowboys at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Ariz., on Oct. 20, 2002. (James D. Smith\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n

“I was waiting for them to come around again so that I could make an apology to Denzel Boston, who, earlier tonight, I misidentified as being the son of former NFL wide receiver David Boston,” Greenberg said. “It was a mistake in my research. It was a terrible one, and I apologize to them both. They are not related to each other.<\/p>\n

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“And so, I apologize to both David and Denzel Boston, and congratulations to Denzel for being drafted in the second round tonight by the Cleveland Browns. It is my mistake, and I apologize for it.”<\/p>\n

Tough mistake to make. However, if Denzel Boston has anywhere close to the numbers that David Boston had in his career, the Browns will be happy.<\/p>\n

David Boston was a Pro Bowler and an All-Pro selection one-time each in his career. He had 315 catches for 4,699 yards with 25 touchdowns. But he only played six seasons.<\/p>\n

\"Washington <\/p>\n

Washington wide receiver Denzel Boston speaks to members of the media during the NFL Combine at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis on Feb. 27, 2026. (Jacob Musselman\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n

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In 2001, he had 98 catches for an NFL-leading 1,598 yards and eight touchdowns. He played for the Arizona Cardinals, San Diego Chargers and Miami Dolphins before calling it quits in 2005.<\/p>\n

Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN broadcaster Mike Greenberg made a brutal gaffe during Day 2 of the NFL Draft on Friday night.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[1799,349,17351,259870,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-605966","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-cleveland-browns","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nfl-draft","11":"tag-outkick-sports","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}