Nolan Cromwell Nolan Neil Cromwell ( born January 30 , 1955 ) is an American football player and coach who currently serves as a senior offensive assistant for the Cleveland Browns . He was an All - Pro safety for the Los Angeles Rams of the NFL and played for the University of Kansas in college where he earned All - American honors . Cromwell played for the Rams from 1977 through 1987 and was named to the Pro Bowl in four consecutive years , 1980 through 1983 . He played on the Rams ' 1979 Super Bowl XIV team . He was the Rams ' wide receivers coach from 2010 to 2011 . Early years . Cromwell played at Logan High School as a freshman , helping the basketball team win a state championship . When his family moved to Ransom , Cromwell earned the nickname the " Ransom Rambler " while attending Ransom High School as a standout in football , basketball and track . He was a national AAU junior champion in the decathlon , a three - time state champion in track and earned consensus All - State honors in football and basketball . He was named the Wichita Eagle ’ s high school football player of the decade for the 1970s . Playing career . College . Cromwell , nicknamed " The Ransom Rambler " , was an honorable mention All - America quarterback for the University of Kansas Jayhawks . He started at quarterback for two seasons , throwing 92 passes and completing 33 for 606 yards . He is one of KU ' s ten 1 , 000 - yard rushers in school history . As a freshman in 1973 he was the starting safety in the Liberty Bowl . After being a two - year starter at safety he made the move to quarterback where he broke several KU , Big Eight and NCAA records for rushing by a quarterback . In 1975 , Cromwell rushed 294 and 187 yards in the Oregon State and Wisconsin games , respectively , and finished the season with 1 , 124 rushing yards . He also scored a touchdown in a stunning 23 - 3 win over the University of Oklahoma was ranked # 1 at the time and the defending National Champions . Despite playing in just 18 games on offense at Kansas , he is 13th on the all - time rushing charts and is the top rushing quarterback . The 1975 Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year , All - Conference and Academic All - Conference ' s rushing total was the third highest in NCAA history at the time . His 294 yards rushing by a quarterback is still an NCAA record for a Division I school . He holds the Kansas record for most rushes ( 24 ) by a Kansas player in a Bowl game ( set vs . Pittsburgh in the 1975 Sun Bowl ) . Cromwell also earned All - America in the 600 - yard run and the 440 - hurdles while setting KU records in the 600 - meter and 400 - meter yard runs , the intermediate hurdles ( a record he still holds 49 : 47 ) and the decathlon and qualified for the US Olympic trials in the low hurdles . he was part of the Big - 8 champion mile relay team in 1975 and 1976 , was the Big - 8 440 - yd / 400 - meter hurdle champ in both 1975 and 1976 With Cromwell ' s contributions the 1975 Jayhawk track team finished ranked second in the NCAA in outdoor track and fifth in indoor track while capturing both titles for the Big - 8 Conference . In 1976 they repeated as Big - 8 indoor champs and were second in outdoor while finishing tied for 9th in the NCAA in indoor competition and tied for 20th in outdoor competition . Cromwell was inducted into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame in 1996 . NFL . He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams as a defensive back in the second round , pick 32 , in 1977 and played his entire 11 - year career in Los Angeles . He was the Rams nickelback in 1977 and 1978 and a standount on special teams , running a fake field goal as a holder was Cromwell ' s specialty . In 1979 he secured the starting free safety position and was named Second - team All - NFC . He was named the 1980 NFC Defensive Player of the Year by UPI and by the Kansas Committee of 101 , and was named by " Football Digest " as the NFL Defensive Back of the Year in 1980 , 1981 , 1982 , and 1983 . He was selected to play in four consecutive Pro Bowls , from 1980 – 1983 . Cromwell was part of the Rams defenses that performed well in the late - 1970s as well as the Top 10 defenses of 1985 and 1986 when Rams qualified for the playoffs five of his last six seasons . At the time of his retirement , he was the Rams ' all - time leader in interception return yardage with 671 yards in 37 interceptions . After retirement , he was named to the NFL 1980s All - Decade Team and the Orange County Sports Hall of Fame . Along with his various accomplishments on the field , Cromwell also starred in the 1986 Rams promotional video " Ram It , " rapping " I like to ram it , as you can see , nobody likes ramming it more than me . " Coaching career . NFL . After retirement as an active player , Cromwell began his coaching career with the Rams . He served as a defensive and special teams assistant in 1991 before being hired by Mike Holmgren to coach special teams for the Green Bay Packers in 1992 . From 1992 - 97 , Cromwell headed up the special teams for the Packers . The Packers ' punt return unit led the NFL in 1996 with a 15 . 1 - yard return average . Five different times during the 1996 season , one of Cromwell ' s players was honored as Special Teams Player of the Week . Also in 1996 , the Packers won Super Bowl XXXI against the New England Patriots in New Orleans with special teams player Desmond Howard winning the Super Bowl MVP honors . The following year , the Packers reached Super Bowl XXXII in San Diego against the Denver Broncos . In 1998 , he moved from special teams to coach the Packers ' wide receiver s and Cromwell worked with the wide receivers at Green Bay in 1998 helping Pro Bowler Antonio Freeman lead the NFL with 1 , 424 yards on 84 catches After two Super Bowl appearances with Green Bay , in 1996 and 1997 , Cromwell followed Holmgren to the Seattle Seahawks to coach the wide receivers . Cromwell ' s 2002 wide receiver corps set a franchise record for 300 - yard ( five ) and 400 - yard ( two ) passing games and in 2003 helped quarterback Matt Hasselbeck set a club record with 3 , 841 passing yardsIn Seattle , Cromwell again made a Super Bowl appearance as a coach during the Seahawks ' 2005 season . Cromwell was hired by the St . Louis Rams as their wide receivers coach on February 10 , 2010 . Cromwell and the entire coaching staff were fired following the 2011 season in which the team posted a 2 – 14 record . On January 18 , 2012 , Nolan Cromwell was hired as the Senior Offensive Assistant of the Cleveland Browns . College . On January 5 , 2008 , Texas A & M head coach Mike Sherman named Cromwell to be his offensive coordinator . When asked by media as to why he chose Cromwell , Sherman responded " I ’ ve always been impressed with him and the job he did in ( the NFL ) . He ’ s excited about being part of college football . " On February 10 , 2010 , Cromwell returned to the NFL as a wide receiver coach for the Rams and works with the likes of Donnie Avery , Mark Clayton , Brandon Gibson , and other to get into synch with new Rams quarterback Sam Bradford . Personal . Nolan and his wife , Mary , have two children , Lance and Jennifer .