JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars continued their roster purge Thursday by agreeing to trade safety Ronnie Harrison to the Cleveland Browns, the team announced Thursday.

Harrison is the third Jaguars starter in five days to be traded or cut. The team traded disgruntled defensive end Yannick Ngakoue to Minnesota on Sunday and waived running back Leonard Fournette on Monday.

The Browns were in need of a safety following the season-ending injury to second-round draft pick Grant Delpit, who ruptured his Achilles in training camp on Aug. 24.

Harrison is the third player drafted in the top three rounds since 2016 to be cut or traded by the Jaguars before finishing their rookie contract. Fournette and cornerback Jalen Ramsey (traded to the Los Angeles Rams in 2019) are the others; Ngakoue was traded after his fourth season.

Harrison has started 22 of the 28 games in which he played for the Jaguars since they drafted him in the third round in 2018. He has three interceptions, one fumble recovery, and 103 tackles.

Harrison is also the fourth defensive starter to be traded since the 2019 season ended, further fueling the narrative that the Jaguars are positioning themselves to have a chance to have a high draft pick in 2021 with the potential prize being quarterback Trevor Lawrence. The Jaguars dealt defensive end Calais Campbell to Baltimore for a fifth-round pick and cornerback A.J. Bouye to Denver for a fourth-round pick in March. Both players had big salaries and the Jaguars saved more than $30 million against the salary cap with those moves.

And while Campbell may not have been the force he was in 2017-18 he still had 6.5 sacks and was Pro Football Focus' top-graded run defender in 2019, coming in slightly ahead of Los Angeles Rams tackle Aaron Donald.