This year’s draft will be the 25th in team history. Here are notable numbers over that period.
1- Number of Ravens drafted from the Naval Academy
3- Number of Ravens drafted from the University of Maryland
3 – Number of special teamers drafted by Ravens (two punters, one long snapper), no kickers)
4 – The fewest number of Ravens picks in one draft (1999)
5 – Number of picks for NO and KC, fewest of any team
9 – Number of Ravens picks in 2020
11 – Number of Ravens’ draftees from Oklahoma and Alabama, tied for most from any school
12 – The most number of Ravens drafted in one year (1997, 2018)
14 – Number of picks for MIA, most of any team
23 – Number of edge rushers/outside linebackers taken by Baltimore, second-most of any position
29 – Number of wide receivers taken by the Ravens, most of any position
89 – Number of defensive players taken by Ravens
97 – Number of different schools who have had players chosen by the Ravens
109 – Number of offensive players taken by Ravens
201 – Total number of players drafted by Ravens
First Raven ever taken–T Jonathan Ogden
100th Raven drafted–T Oniel Cousins
200th Raven drafted–DT Daylon Mack
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About Joe Platania
Veteran Ravens correspondent Joe Platania is in his 45th year in sports media (including two CFL seasons when Batlimore had a CFL team) in a career that extends across parts of six decades. Platania covers sports with insight, humor, and a highly prescient eye, and that is why he has made his mark on television, radio, print, online, and in the podcast world. He can be heard frequently on WJZ-FM’s “Vinny And Haynie” show, alongside ex-Washington general manager Vinny Cerrato and Bob Haynie. A former longtime member in good standing of the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association and the Pro Football Writers of America, Platania manned the CFL Stallions beat for The Avenue Newspaper Group of Essex (1994 and ’95) and the Ravens beat since the team’s inception — one of only three local writers to do so — for PressBox, The Avenue, and other local publications and radio stations. A sought-after contributor and host on talk radio and TV, he made numerous appearances on “Inside PressBox” (10:30 a.m. Sundays), and he was heard weekly for eight seasons on the “Purple Pride Report,” WQLL-AM (1370). He has also appeared on WMAR-TV’s “Good Morning Maryland” (2009), Comcast SportsNet’s “Washington Post Live” (2004-06), and WJZ-TV’s “Football Talk” postgame show — with legend Marty Bass (2002-04). Platania is the only sports journalist in Maryland history to have been a finalist for both the annual Sportscaster of the Year award (1998, which he won) and Sportswriter of the Year (2010). He is also a four-time Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Press Association award winner. Platania is a graduate of St. Joseph’s (Cockeysville), Calvert Hall College High School, and Towson University, where he earned a degree in Mass Communications. He lives in Cockeysville, MD.
