The Cleveland Browns have agreed to trade Danny Shelton to the New England Patriots for a third round pick in 2019. Cleveland will also send their own 2018 fifth round pick to the Patriots.

Shelton has played in 46 regular-season games (45 starts), totaling 71 tackles and 1.5 sacks. The Washington alum was a highly touted prospect coming out of college, in part because of his strength at the line of scrimmage against the run.

Shelton joins 2015 first-round pick Malcom Brown and seven-year veteran Lawrence Guy atop the Patriots' interior defensive line depth chart.