Same dream, same team: Spencer and Logan Fano’s journey from Utah to the Cleveland Browns
Apr 25, 2026, 6:33 PM | Updated: 11:26 pm
Spencer & Logan Fano celebrate after win over Wyoming. Photo courtesy by Logan Fano.
SALT LAKE CITY — Over the course of three days, two phone calls turned a lifelong dream into reality for the Fano brothers.
First, Spencer Fano heard his name called with the No. 9 overall pick by the Cleveland Browns. Then, Logan Fano found his path to the same place — signing with Cleveland as an undrafted free agent.
The story will be told by the rounds and teams, in draft slots and transactions. That’s how the NFL Draft always works. But that version misses the point. Because for Spencer and Logan, the real story was built together.
“This has been a long time coming,” their father, Bingham Fano, said. “What started as trying to get an education paid for is now turning into a lifelong dream.”
And that dream was never built alone.
“We’re grateful for the village,” he added. “All those individuals —coaches, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents all played a role in shaping them into who they are today. We’re just incredibly grateful for that support.”
What do Spencer & Logan bring to the next level?
What stands out most about Spencer and Logan isn’t just the production — it’s the way they go about it. From those inside the program and family, the descriptions are consistent: relentless, self-driven, and wired the same way.
“Whatever team they end up with, they’re going to get all of them,” said former teammate and family member Karene Reid. “They leave no gas in the tank, when you talk about heart, that’s what you’re going to get.”
After Cleveland Browns selected Spencer Fano with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2026 draft — and with Logan expected to join him there as an UDFA — the message from those who know them hasn’t changed.
“They’re getting some of the hardest workers they’ll have on their roster,” family friend and former coach Isaac Asiata shared. “With Spencer — and Logan too — everything they do is personal. It means more to them than you can ask of a guy. And as a coach, that’s what you want — someone who approaches the job the right way, does everything the right way, and cares enough to get the absolute best out of himself.”
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Built in the same place — and sharpened the same way
Long before the attention, before recruiting rankings or combine invites, the foundation was simple: two brothers from Utah, pushed into the game early, learning it side by side.
“This has been their goal and their dream since they were little boys,” Bingham added. “When I look back on the journey — from little league and flag football to high school and now college — it’s incredible to see them on the doorstep of making that dream a reality.
Their father saw something early — enough to put them into football young, enough to demand work before recognition ever came. That mattered. Because what followed wasn’t accidental talent. It was repetition, competition, and a standard that started at home.
They didn’t just share a goal. They trained for it together. They tested it against each other. They made each other better. They overcame adversity together.
“I think back to their state championship loss — it wasn’t the loss itself, but how they responded,” Asiata shared. “The way they attacked that offseason, how hard they worked, that’s when I knew they were going to be special.”
That part never changed — not at Timpview High School, and not later at the University of Utah.
Where it came together — Utah
“They came into the program and worked their butt off, and everyone in the state has seen it,” Reid added. “They deserve this moment.”
From 2023 through 2025, they were in the same building, the same practices, the same daily grind. They weren’t just supporting each other — they were living together. Competing against each other. Refining each other. Genuinely pushing the other to improve. One on the edge protecting quarterbacks, the other trying to break through and hit them.
By this past season, both were voted captains. Not because of the story, but because of the standard they set. That’s the part people inside the building understood: this wasn’t just a feel-good narrative. It was two players raising the level of everyone around them.
“From the minute they stepped on campus, you could tell there was something special,” teammate Alex Harrison said of Spencer. “The drive, the willingness to sacrifice, they were willing to do whatever it took to get better.”
Two paths — same destination
If you’re telling it honestly, the journey doesn’t work without the contrast.
Spencer’s path looked like what people expect when they think “NFL prospect.” Early success. Immediate impact. A true freshman starter who never really let go of the job. By the end, he wasn’t just productive — he was dominant. An Outland Trophy winner. One of the best linemen in college football.
Spencer’s path was clean and linear. Logan’s was not that. But that’s what gives the story added weight.
Logan’s road detoured through BYU, where an ACL tear erased his chance to ever take a snap. Then came the transfer to Utah. And within his first five games as a Ute, another injury. More rehab. More waiting.
Because while one brother’s rise was obvious, the other had to rebuild his — physically, mentally, repeatedly — before arriving at the same place: a captain at Utah, an NFL prospect, waiting to hear their name called in the same draft.
And now the two head to the NFL and to the same Cleveland organization together.
“It’s incredibly special —not just to play college football, but to do it together as brothers — and to be voted captains,” Bingham shared. “As parents, we can only imagine what that took. We’re just extremely grateful for them, for the example they’ve set, and for the way they’ve represented our family and the state.”
The bottom line
Spencer Fano is a top-10 pick. Logan Fano earned a chance to sign on an NFL roster. That’s the headline — but it’s not the story.
Two kids from Spanish Fork. Developed at the University of Utah. One path was clean. The other was hard. And somehow, after everything — the backyard battles, the injuries, the different paths — they still ended up in the same place, with the same team.
They didn’t just chase the same dream — they built it together, pushed each other through it, and refused to let the other fall behind along the way.
