Something I took great pride in doing during the weeks leading up to this year’s Draft was maintaining the EbonyBird.com Ravens Watch List. It can still be referenced from the top page bar, but will soon be replaced. Basically it was a speculative list of who the Ravens may select in the draft. Compiled from mock drafts, reports on visits and just common sense, I put together the list, which became quite sizable by the time the Draft started.
So, now that the picks are in and the process is over for this season, here is how the Watch List turned out. Note that the Ravens’ first four picks (Kindle, Cody, Dickson, Pitta) were all on this list.
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PLAYER | POSITION | SCHOOL | TEAM | ROUND (PICK #) |
Edward Morton-Green | WR | Morgan St. | Packers (Tryout) | Undrafted |
Arrelious Benn | WR | Illinois | Buccaneers | Rd. 2 (39) |
Terrence Cody | NT | Alabama | RAVENS | Rd. 2 (57) |
Kyle Wilson | CB | Boise St. | Jets | Rd. 1 (29) |
Brandon LaFell | WR | LSU | Panthers | Rd. 3 (78) |
Golden Tate | WR | Notre Dame | Seahawks | Rd. 2 (60) |
Jermaine Gresham | TE | Oklahoma | Bengals | Rd. 1 (21) |
Mardy Gilyard | WR | Cincinnati | Rams | Rd. 4 (99) |
Patrick Robinson | CB | Florida State | Saints | Rd. 1 (32) |
Damian Williams | WR | USC | Titans | Rd. 3 (77) |
Rob Gronkowski | TE | Arizona | Patriots | Rd. 2 (42) |
Jared Odrick | NT/DE | Penn State | Dolphins | Rd. 1 (28) |
Devin McCourty | CB | Rutgers | Patriots | Rd. 1 (27) |
Perrish Cox | CB | Oklahoma St. | Broncos | Rd. 5 (137) |
Akwasi Owusu-Ansah | CB | Indiana (PA) | Cowboys | Rd. 4 (126) |
Dexter McCluster | RB | Ole Miss | Chiefs | Rd. 2 (36) |
Trindon Holliday | KR | LSU | Texans | Rd. 6 (197) |
Brett Swenson | K | Michigan St. | Colts (UFA) | Undrafted |
Clint Gresham | LS | TCU | Saints (UFA) | Undrafted |
George Selvie | DE/OLB | South Florida | Rams | Rd. 7 (226) |
Myron Rolle | S | Florida St. | Titans | Rd. 6 (207) |
Lonyae Miller | RB | Fresno St. | Cowboys (UFA) | Undrafted |
Levi Brown | QB | Troy | Bills | Rd. 7 (209) |
Dennis Pitta | TE | BYU | RAVENS | Rd. 3 (70) |
Ed Dickson | TE | Oregon | RAVENS | Rd. 4 (114) |
Demaryius Thomas | WR | Georgia Tech | Broncos | Rd. 1 (22) |
Jahvid Best | RB | California | Lions | Rd. 1 (31) |
Carlos Dunlap | DE | Florida | Bengals | Rd. 2 (54) |
Sergio Kindle | OLB | Texas | RAVENS | Rd. 2 (43) |
Freddie Barnes | WR | Bowling Green | Bears (UFA) | Undrafted |
Aaron Hernandez | TE | Florida | Patriots | Rd. 4 (113) |
Earl Thomas | S/CB | Texas | Seahawks | Rd. 1 (14) |
Brandon Spikes | ILB | Florida | Patriots | Rd. 2 (62) |
Everson Griffen | DE | USC | Vikings | Rd. 4 (100) |
Tyson Alualu | DE | California | Jaguars | Rd. 1 (10) |
Travis Goethel | LB | Arizona State | Raiders | Rd. 6 (190) |
Charles Brown | OT | USC | Saints | Rd. 2 (64) |
Leigh Tiffin | K | Alabama | None | Undrafted |
Vuna Tuihalamaka | LB | Arizona | None | Undrafted |
Mike Williams | WR | Syracuse | Buccaneers | Rd. 4 (101) |
Jerome Murphy | CB | USF | Rams | Rd. 3 (65) |
John Estes | C | Hawaii | Jaguars (UFA) | Undrafted |
Brandon Ghee | CB | Wake Forest | Bengals | Rd. 3 (96) |
Danny Batten | LB | South Dakota St. | Bills | Rd. 6 (192) |
Jeff Linkenbach | OT | Cincinnati | Colts (UFA) | Undrafted |
Dorin Dickerson | TE | Pittsburgh | Texans | Rd. 7 (227) |
Nate Byham | TE | Pittsburgh | 49ers | Rd. 6 (182) |