Butch Davis has made no secret of his desire to bludgeon opposition defenses with a powerful running game and on Saturday evening, after days of on-and-off negotiations, the Cleveland Browns second-year coach now has the blunt object he needed.

ESPN.com confirmed that the Browns have reached agreement with first-round tailback William Green and the former Boston College star is scheduled to report to training camp as soon as the contract is executed, probably sometime on Sunday.

The 16th overall player selected in the draft, Green will sign a seven-year contract which will void to just five seasons, provided he achieves certain predetermined performance levels. The five-year total for the deal is $7.85 million and the total of the initial signing bonus and a second-level option bonus due next spring is $5.9 million.

"I am glad the deal is done,'' Davis said. "I felt confident everything would work out. The upside is William will be here for a significant amount of training camp.''

Agents Tom Condon and Ken Kremer earlier in the week walked away from what many felt was a market offer and won the gamble, negotiating one of the strongest contracts in the first round, a deal that was significantly ahead of 2001 levels.

Green 22, should provide the kind of physical runner Davis relished and, barring some unforeseen circumstances, will dramatically upgrade a Cleveland running attack that was ranked last in the NFL in 2001. He will compete with incumbent starter James Jackson but, once he gets into camp and assimilates the offense, should claim the No. 1 job.

A workhorse back who erodes defenses as the game wears on, Green rushed for 2,974 yards at Boston College, despite starting full-time for just one season. He ran for 1,559 yards and 15 touchdowns on 265 carries in '01. The year before, starting in just two of 11 games, Green rushed for 1,164 yards.

While not blessed with great speed, Green has tremendous balance, vision and natural body lean, and finishes off every carry. He can make the subtle moves at the line to get into the secondary and, even with a pedestrian 40-yard time, is rarely caught from behind. Green plays with tremendous pad level, attacks the defense and adds plenty of yards after the initial contact.

Green was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 1998 and has been able to control it with medication. Cleveland team doctors have said the condition should not be a problem for him in the NFL.

Len Pasquarelli is a senior writer for ESPN.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report.