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10 Player comps for Ravens rookies from the Ravens past

By Chris Schisler

NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 13: Linebacker Patrick Queen #8 of the LSU Tigers celebrates after making a tackle during the College Football Playoff National Championship game against the Clemson Tigers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. LSU defeated Clemson 42 to 25. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)
NEW ORLEANS, LA - JANUARY 13: Linebacker Patrick Queen #8 of the LSU Tigers celebrates after making a tackle during the College Football Playoff National Championship game against the Clemson Tigers at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on January 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. LSU defeated Clemson 42 to 25. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) /
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COLUMBUS, OH – SEPTEMBER 08: Malik Harrison #39 of the Ohio State Buckeyes in action during the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Ohio Stadium on September 8, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State won 52-3. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images)
COLUMBUS, OH – SEPTEMBER 08: Malik Harrison #39 of the Ohio State Buckeyes in action during the game against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Ohio Stadium on September 8, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio State won 52-3. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

Malik Harrison player comp from Ravens past: Jamie Sharper

Malik Harrison is a player who I’m fairly high on. One of the reasons why is because I think the Ravens are building a vintage Baltimore duo of linebackers. Patrick Queen fills the Ray Lewis mold, Harrison is his Jamie Sharper. It’s a comparison that I’ve made before, and of all the player comps in this article, this is probably the most perfect fit. It is so obvious what Eric DeCosta is doing with the pick of Harrison. He’s trying to build the same kind of defense that his mentor, Ozzie Newsome once built.

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Jamie Sharper wasn’t the superstar he was the cleanup man. Sam Adams and Tony Siragusa made the running back bounce outside and if the defensive end didn’t get him, Sharper would stop him right in his tracks. In his rookie season, Sharper had a stat line I could see Harrison having in 2020. Sharper had 66 combined tackles with three sacks, a pick, and a forced fumble. Sharper best statistical season was in 1999 where he had 96 career tackles and four sacks.

In a previous post, I wrote that 50 tackles was a reasonable expectation for Harrison and 75 tackles was his best-case scenario as a rookie. Splitting the difference of the low ball estimate and the upside estimate, you land right on Sharper’s rookie numbers. Like Sharper, Harrison is a player who should be able to be successful early. There shouldn’t be a long wait for him to contribute, and the Ravens probably can’t have him waiting in the wings anyway. Harrison will be just like Sharper. He’s not going to be a Hall of Fame talent, but he’s going to play strong complementary football to Queen. That’s how Sharper made a living with the Ravens and won a Super Bowl ring.

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