North Carolina RB Omarion HamptonChris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The Ravens have few glaring needs, so they may focus on positional value and a best-player-available approach early in the draft. Cornerbacks like Notre Dames Benjamin Morrison and East Carolina’s Shavon Revel Jr. should be on the Ravens’ early radar, along with edge-rushers like Ohio State’s JT Tuimoloau and Georgia’s Mykel Williams.
There’s a non-zero chance that Baltimore will look to move on from 29-year-old tight end Mark Andrews in the offseason. A restructure seems more likely, but the Ravens could save $7 million in cap space by releasing or trading Andrews after June 1.
If that’s the plan, Baltimore might look to dip into a talented tight end class and pair a prospect like Michigan’s Colston Loveland with Isaiah Likely.
While the Ravens have Henry and signed Justice Hill to an extension in September, they could target another running back to help round out the backfield and prepare for the future. The Bleacher Report Scouting Department paired Baltimore with North Carolina’s Omarion Hampton in its post-regular season mock draft.
“Henry is on a two-year deal, which will have one year left, and the Ravens don’t have an heir apparent on the roster,” Dame Parson of the B/R Scouting Department said. “The 220-pound Hampton is a physical downhill runner with explosiveness and contact balance.”
While it would be a surprise to see DeCosta flip the switch on a running back in Round 1—the Ravens haven’t done so since taking Jamal Lewis in 2000—potential Day 2 prospects like Ohio State’s Quinshon Judkins and Clemson’s Phil Mafah would be perfectly logical.
In all, Baltimore is projected to have seven total draft selections, including one each in Rounds 1-4, a pair of sixth-round picks and a seventh-rounder. The Ravens flipped their fifth-round pick for the Carolina Panthers’ sixth in the Johnson trade.
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