Just as Shedeur Sanders is settling as the Cleveland Browns quarterback, the one the team signed to a $230 million deal is back on the field for the first time in over a year.

Deshaun Watson tore his Achilles tendon on Oct. 20 last year and did so again this past January, pushing back his return even more.

But the Browns opened up Watson's 21-day window to return on Wednesday, just as Sanders is prepping for the third start of his NFL career.

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"He’s been working so hard, rehabbing. So finally to get out there on the practice field with his teammates, go through individual, I think is really great for him," Coach Kevin Stefanski said. "Our focus is activating this practice window, seeing him on the practice field, getting him into individual, those type of things. He’s done everything that’s asked of him. He’s been so supportive in the meeting room on the game field with the players. Now he gets to go do that on the practice field."

Watson is currently 9-10 as Cleveland’s starter. He has 19 touchdowns, 12 interceptions and a passer rating of 80.7. He's also unpopular among fans after the Browns sent five draft picks to Houston, including three first-round selections, and signed him to a fully guaranteed contract widely regarded as one of the worst in league history.

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If Watson is not activated from injured reserve in the window, he will officially miss the entire season.

The Browns "took a big swing and miss" with the trade, co-owner Jimmy Haslam said during league meetings in March, adding that "we’ve got to dig ourselves out of that hole."

The Browns have reworked Watson's contract twice in three months during the offseason in a bid for some financial flexibility.

Watson is under contract for the 2026 season, as well, as Dillon Gabriel is now Sanders' backup. Sanders entered a Week 11 game after Gabriel got concussed. Sanders started Week 12 while Gabriel was in the protocol, and after winning his first start, Sanders remained the starter even after Gabriel was cleared.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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A student senate at a southern California university has rejected the establishment of a Turning Point USA chapter.

In a 2-11-1 secret-ballot vote, the Associated Students of California Lutheran University Senate rejected the re-establishment of a Turning Point USA chapter on Monday, The Echo, the university's student news outlet, reported. 

Over 50 people attended in a standing room only vote. Carlos Daniel Zaragosa, ASCLU Commuter senator, told The Echo he was not surprised the TPUSA club was rejected. 

"I wasn’t personally surprised by the outcome," Carlos Daniel Zaragosa told The Echo. "At the end of the day, we do try to be fair, impartial and we want to see all clubs succeed. But we will notice when a club is trying to push a certain rhetoric, and the last thing we need is controversy here on this campus."

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Tristan Quezada, a freshman who would have been the club’s president, said, "Turning Point USA is an organization that is focused on public serving and civil dialogue," adding, "I think it’s important to have a safe space for students who have similar ways of thinking like us… we don’t have a safe place for other fellow conservatives." 

Luke Taylor, a sophomore who would have been the club’s vice president, said he was asked by Turning Point USA staff about restarting the club after the public assassination of Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University. 

He also said the prospective chapter, which does not yet have an academic advisor, surpassed the five-member requirement for Senate consideration with seven "confirmed members."

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Taylor said a TPUSA representative told him more than 20 students from California Lutheran had applied.

"We don’t affiliate with any political party. It’s mainly about the word of God and the way we should use it to look through our politics and our government," Taylor said. 

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The university previously had an active Turning Point USA chapter, but it dissolved in October 2021, according to the report.

Taylor said that "rebranding" the name of the club could help them win the Senate vote, but hopes that that will not have to happen.

"No matter what your belief is, I think you should be able to speak it," Taylor said. "That’s why we live in this country. And to hear all those people saying that we’re shutting them down when our organization gives people a microphone? It doesn’t matter that we were shut down today. God is still God. God is king. We believe in Him. His purpose is great, and we’ll continue fighting." 

Fox News Digital reached out to Associated Students of California Lutheran University Senate for comment. The university declined comment.