Deshaun Watson declined to play in the Senior Bowl despite a request from the Cleveland Browns to do so, according to a report from MMQB.

The Browns are coaching the South squad, which is the one Watson would have played for had he accepted the invite.

Cleveland has the No. 1 and No. 12 picks in this spring's NFL Draft.

"The Browns talked to him and asked him to play this week; he declined," Peter King wrote on Monday.