List of Baltimore Ravens first-round draft picks

The Baltimore Ravens joined the National Football League (NFL) in 1996 as a retroactive expansion team, after former-Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell decided to relocate his team to Baltimore. The Browns were later reactivated in 1999. The Ravens' first selection as an NFL team was Jonathan Ogden, an offensive lineman from UCLA. The team's most recent first-round selection was Nate Wiggins, a cornerback from Clemson.

Ray Lewis, the Ravens' 26th overall pick in the first round of the 1996 NFL Draft.

Every year during April, each NFL franchise seeks to add new players to its roster through a collegiate draft known as "the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting", which is more commonly known as the NFL Draft. Teams are ranked in inverse order based on the previous season's record, with the worst record picking first, and the second worst picking second and so on. The two exceptions to this order are made for teams that appeared in the previous Super Bowl; the Super Bowl champion always picks 32nd, and the Super Bowl loser always picks 31st. Teams have the option of trading away their picks to other teams for different picks, players, cash, or a combination thereof. Thus, it is not uncommon for a team's actual draft pick to differ from their assigned draft pick, or for a team to have extra or no draft picks in any round due to these trades.

The Ravens have never selected the number one overall pick in the draft, but they have selected the fourth overall pick twice.

Key

Table key
^	Indicates the player was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
†	Indicates the player was selected for the Pro Bowl at any time in their career.
—	The Ravens did not draft a player in the first round that year.
Year	Each year links to an article about that particular NFL Draft.
Pick	Indicates the number of the pick within the first round
Position	Indicates the position of the player in the NFL
College	The player's college football team

Player selections

Baltimore Ravens first-round draft picks
Year	Pick	Player name	Position	College	Notes
1996	4	Jonathan Ogden ^†	OT	UCLA
1996	26	Ray Lewis ^†	LB	Miami (FL)	^[1]
1997	4	Peter Boulware †	LB	Florida State
1998	10	Duane Starks	CB	Miami (FL)
1999	11	Chris McAlister †	CB	Arizona
2000	5	Jamal Lewis †	RB	Tennessee	^[2]
2000	10	Travis Taylor	WR	Florida
2001	31	Todd Heap †	TE	Arizona State
2002	24	Ed Reed^†	S	Miami (FL)
2003	10	Terrell Suggs †	LB	Arizona State
2003	19	Kyle Boller	QB	California
2004	No pick	^[3]
2005	22	Mark Clayton	WR	Oklahoma
2006	12	Haloti Ngata †	DT	Oregon	^[4]
2007	29	Ben Grubbs †	G	Auburn
2008	18	Joe Flacco	QB	Delaware
2009	23	Michael Oher	OT	Ole Miss
2010	No pick				^[5]
2011	27	Jimmy Smith	CB	Colorado
2012	No pick				^[6]
2013	32	Matt Elam	S	Florida
2014	17	C. J. Mosley †	LB	Alabama
2015	26	Breshad Perriman	WR	UCF
2016	6	Ronnie Stanley †	OT	Notre Dame
2017	16	Marlon Humphrey †	CB	Alabama
2018	25	Hayden Hurst	TE	South Carolina
2018	32	Lamar Jackson †	QB	Louisville	^[7]
2019	25	Marquise Brown	WR	Oklahoma
2020	28	Patrick Queen †	LB	LSU
2021	27	Rashod Bateman	WR	Minnesota
2021	31	Odafe Oweh	OLB	Penn State	^[8]
2022	14	Kyle Hamilton †	S/CB	Notre Dame
2022	25	Tyler Linderbaum †	C	Iowa	^[9]
2023	22	Zay Flowers	WR	Boston College
2024	30	Nate Wiggins	CB	Clemson

Footnotes

^ The second first-round pick for 1996 came as a result of a multiple-team trade, in which the Ravens received the San Francisco 49ers' 26th overall pick, and the Cleveland Browns received the 49ers' first, third and fourth round picks in exchange for the Browns' 1995 first-round selection.
^ First first-round draft selection for 2000 was acquired from the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a 1999 second-round draft selection.
^ The Ravens traded their 2004 first-round pick to the New England Patriots in exchange for the Patriots' 2003 first-round (19th overall) selection.
^ The Ravens obtained their 2006 first-round choice in a trade with the Cleveland Browns for their 2006 NFL Draft first-round (13th overall) and sixth-round (181st overall) selection.
^ The Ravens traded their 2010 first-round pick to the Denver Broncos in exchange for the Broncos' 2010 second-round (43rd overall), third-round (70th overall), and fourth-round (114th overall) selections.
^ The Ravens traded their 2012 first-round pick to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for the Vikings' 2012 second-round (35th overall), and fourth-round (98th overall) selections.
^ Baltimore traded their second- and fourth-round selections (52nd and 125th) and a second-round selection in the 2019 NFL draft to Philadelphia in exchange for their first- and fourth-round selections (32nd and 132nd).
^ Baltimore traded offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr., their 2021 second-round selection (No. 58) and a 2022 sixth-round selection to Kansas City for their 2021 first-round selection (No. 31), 2021 third-round selection (No. 94), 2021 fourth-round selection (No. 136), and a 2022 fifth-round selection.
^ Baltimore traded wide receiver Marquise Brown and their third-round selection (No. 100) to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a first-round pick (No. 23). That pick was then traded to the Buffalo Bills for their first-round pick (No. 25) and their third-round pick (No. 130).

References

Alder, James. "NFL Draft Basics:Determining Order of Selection". About.com. Archived from the original on 2007-01-10. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
"Baltimore Ravens All-Time Draft Choices". Baltimore Ravens official Web site. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
"databaseFootball.com – Baltimore Ravens". databaseFootball.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
"NFL Draft History: First Round by Team: Baltimore Ravens". National Football League official Web site. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
"Hall of Famers by Franchise". Pro Football Hall of Fame official Web site. Archived from the original on 2007-05-19. Retrieved 2007-09-15.
"Baltimore Ravens (1996-Present)". Sports E-cyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-09-15.

[1] The second first-round pick for 1996 came as a result of a multiple-team trade, in which the Ravens received the San Francisco 49ers' 26th overall pick, and the Cleveland Browns received the 49ers' first, third and fourth round picks in exchange for the Browns' 1995 first-round selection.

[2] First first-round draft selection for 2000 was acquired from the Atlanta Falcons in exchange for a 1999 second-round draft selection.

[3] The Ravens traded their 2004 first-round pick to the New England Patriots in exchange for the Patriots' 2003 first-round (19th overall) selection.

[4] The Ravens obtained their 2006 first-round choice in a trade with the Cleveland Browns for their 2006 NFL Draft first-round (13th overall) and sixth-round (181st overall) selection.

[5] The Ravens traded their 2010 first-round pick to the Denver Broncos in exchange for the Broncos' 2010 second-round (43rd overall), third-round (70th overall), and fourth-round (114th overall) selections.

[6] The Ravens traded their 2012 first-round pick to the Minnesota Vikings in exchange for the Vikings' 2012 second-round (35th overall), and fourth-round (98th overall) selections.

[7] Baltimore traded their second- and fourth-round selections (52nd and 125th) and a second-round selection in the 2019 NFL draft to Philadelphia in exchange for their first- and fourth-round selections (32nd and 132nd).

[8] Baltimore traded offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr., their 2021 second-round selection (No. 58) and a 2022 sixth-round selection to Kansas City for their 2021 first-round selection (No. 31), 2021 third-round selection (No. 94), 2021 fourth-round selection (No. 136), and a 2022 fifth-round selection.

[9] Baltimore traded wide receiver Marquise Brown and their third-round selection (No. 100) to the Arizona Cardinals in exchange for a first-round pick (No. 23). That pick was then traded to the Buffalo Bills for their first-round pick (No. 25) and their third-round pick (No. 130).

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