Baltimore Ravens draft picks 2021: Round-by-round selections

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Sat, May 1, 2021, 9:40 PM·2 min read

Here is a 2021 NFL draft pick-by-pick breakdown for the Baltimore Ravens:

Round 1 (No. 27 overall) - Rashod Bateman, WR, Minnesota: He can play outside or in the slot and flashed sub 4.4 speed at the Gophers' pro day. Bateman battled COVID-19 in 2020, the virus affecting his conditioning and numbers in 2020. At 6 feet and about 190 pounds, he didn't measure as big as Minnesota listed him, but he and Marquise Brown should give QB Lamar Jackson an explosive downfield tandem for Baltimore. Draft tracker

Round 1 (31, from Chiefs) - Jayson Oweh, LB, Penn State: No sacks for the Nittany Lions in seven games in 2020, but he ran a sub-4.4 40 at 6-5 and 257 pounds. Baltimore will need to coach him up a bit, but he'll have an opportunity to shine given the vacancy on the edges after Matthew Judon and Yannick Ngakoue departed in free agency. Draft tracker

Round 3 (94, from Chiefs) - Ben Cleveland, OG, Georgia: A 6-6, 343-pounder, he could compete for a starting job even though newly signed Kevin Zeitler should have one of Baltimore's guard jobs locked up. Cleveland is tailor-made for this relentless ground game. Draft tracker

Round 3 (104, compensatory) - Brandon Stephens, CB, SMU: A running back at UCLA who finished as a DB for Southern Methodist. Could get a look at safety and special teams for Baltimore. Draft tracker

Round 4 (131) - Tylan Wallace, WR, Oklahoma State

Remember how Eric DeCosta protested about all the talk about Ravens' WR room not being good enough?

Took Bateman in first and now Oklahoma State's Tylan Wallace in fourth. Actions speak louder than words.
— Michael Schwartz (@MikeMSchwartz) May 1, 2021