List of Baltimore Ravens first-round draft picks

Ray Lewis, the Ravens' 26th overall pick in the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft.

The Baltimore Ravens joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1996 as an expansion team, after former-Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell decided to relocate his team to Baltimore. The Browns were later reactivated in 1999. The Ravens' first selection as an NFL team was Jonathan Ogden, an offensive lineman from UCLA. The team's most recent first round selection was Ronnie Stanley, an offensive tackle from Notre Dame.

Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as "the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.

The Ravens have never selected the number one overall pick in the draft, but they have selected the fourth overall pick twice.

Selections

Year Pick Player name Position College Notes
1996 4 Ogden, JonathanJonathan Ogden OT UCLA NFL Hall of Famer,[1] 11-time Pro Bowler,[2] 9-time AP All-Pro.
26 Lewis, RayRay Lewis LB Miami (FL) 13-time Pro-Bowler, 9-time AP All-Pro, two-time Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year (2000, 2003), Super Bowl XXXV MVP.[3][4]
1997 4 Boulware, PeterPeter Boulware LB Florida State 1997 Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year Award[5] and 4-time Pro Bowler.[6]
1998 10 Starks, DuaneDuane Starks CB Miami (FL)
1999 11 McAlister, ChrisChris McAlister CB Arizona 3-time Pro Bowler.[6]
2000 5 Lewis, JamalJamal Lewis RB Tennessee 2003 Offensive Player of the Year, 2,000 yard club and 1-time Pro Bowler.[7][8]
10 Taylor, TravisTravis Taylor WR Florida
2001 31 Heap, ToddTodd Heap TE Arizona State 2-time Pro Bowler.[9]
2002 24 Reed, EdEd Reed S Miami (FL) 2004 Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year[10] and 8-time Pro Bowler.[6]
2003 10 Suggs, TerrellTerrell Suggs LB Arizona State 2002 recipient of Bronko Nagurski Trophy[11] and Ted Hendricks Award,[12] 2003 Associated Press Defensive Rookie of the Year, 5-time Pro Bowler, 2011 NFL Defensive Player of the Year.[6]
19 Boller, KyleKyle Boller QB California
2004 — No pick — The Ravens traded their 2004 first-round pick to the New England Patriots in exchange for the Patriots' 2003 first-round (19th overall) selection.
2005 22 Clayton, MarkMark Clayton WR Oklahoma
2006 12 Ngata, HalotiHaloti Ngata DT Oregon 5-time Pro Bowler.[13]
2007 29 Grubbs, BenBen Grubbs G Auburn 1-time Pro-Bowler
2008 18 Flacco, JoeJoe Flacco QB Delaware 2008 Diet Pepsi NFL Rookie of the Year,[14] Super Bowl XLVII MVP.[15]
2009 23 Oher, MichaelMichael Oher OT Ole Miss
2010 — No pick — The Ravens traded their 2010 first-round pick to the Denver Broncos in exchange for the Broncos' 2010 second-round (43rd overall), third-round (70th overall), and fourth-round (114th overall) selections.
2011 27 Smith, JimmyJimmy Smith CB Colorado
2012 — No pick — The Ravens traded their 2012 first-round pick to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for the Vikings' 2012 second-round (35th overall), and fourth-round (98th overall) selections.
2013 32 Elam, MattMatt Elam S Florida
2014 17 Mosley, C. J.C. J. Mosley LB Alabama 1-time Pro-Bowler, first Ravens rookie to reach the Pro Bowl.
2015 26 Perriman, BreshadBreshad Perriman WR UCF Spent entire season on IR
2016 6 Stanley, RonnieRonnie Stanley OT Notre Dame Started season at left tackle alongside fellow rookie guard Alex Lewis,
becoming the first all rookie left side in over 40 years.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Corbett, Jim (2013-02-02). "Parcells, Carter finally make Pro Football Hall of Fame". USA Today. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Mike Duffy (September 10, 2007). "Ogden Will Start for Ravens". Baltimore Ravens. Archived from the original on 2007-09-17. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  3. ↑ "Ray Lewis". CBS SportsLine.com. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  4. ↑ The second first-round pick for 1996 came as a result of a multiple-team trade, in which the Ravens received the San Francisco 49ers' 26th overall pick, and the Cleveland Browns received the 49ers' first, third and fourth round picks in exchange for the Browns' 1995 first-round selection.
  5. ↑ "Peter Boulware". CBS SportsLine.com. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Baltimore Ravens All-Time Pro Bowl Selections". Baltimore Ravens. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  7. ↑ "Jamal Lewis". CBS SportsLine.com. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  8. ↑ First first-round draft selection for 2000 was acquired from the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a 1999 second-round draft selection.
  9. ↑ "Todd Heap". CBS SportsLine.com. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  10. ↑ "Ed Reed". CBS SportsLine.com. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  11. ↑ "Terrell Suggs". CBS SportsLine.com. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  12. ↑ "Ted Hendricks Official Site". Ted Hendricks Foundation. December 6, 2006. Retrieved 2007-09-28.
  13. ↑ The Ravens obtained their 2006 first-round choice in a trade with the Cleveland Browns for their 2006 NFL Draft first-round (13th overall) and sixth-round (181st overall) selection.
  14. ↑ They traded their eighth overall pick in the draft to the Jacksonville Jaguars.
  15. ↑ Super Bowl 2013 - Joe Flacco of Baltimore Ravens named MVP

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