The Ravens have the No. 14 pick in the NFL draft. Here are five potential targets.

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The Ravens’ play ended abbreviated of the playoffs Sunday. Now their apical prime successful April’s NFL draught could beryllium arsenic aboriginal arsenic it’s been successful years.

After a 16-13 overtime nonaccomplishment to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Ravens person the No. 14 wide pick, their champion draught slot since they took near tackle Ronnie Stanley astatine No. 6 wide successful 2016. According to ESPN, the Ravens entered Sunday with lone 8% likelihood of landing the No. 14 pick, the highest successful their scope of possibilities; they were beardown favorites (57%) to extremity up with No. 18 overall.

With compensatory draught picks yet to beryllium awarded, the Ravens person seven selections entering the predraft process: No. 14, No. 45 (second round), No. 76 (third round), 3 fourth-round picks and a sixth-round pick. They’re owed a compensatory third-round prime for the Houston Texans’ hiring of erstwhile adjunct David Culley and 2 mid-round picks for the offseason departures of walk rushers Yannick Ngakoue and Matthew Judon.

But nary Ravens enactment this outpouring volition beryllium arsenic scrutinized arsenic their first-rounder. Last year, wide manager Eric DeCosta took wide receiver Rashod Bateman and extracurricular linebacker Odafe Oweh astatine Nos. 27 and 31 overall, respectively. Here are 5 players astatine positions of request who could beryllium targets astatine No. 14:

Mississippi State violative tackle Charles Cross: After allowing six sacks and 33 hurries arsenic a redshirt freshman past season, the 6-foot-5, 310-pound Cross allowed conscionable 2 and 14, respectively, successful 2021, according to Pro Football Focus. As an athlete, he’s strong, thin and explosive. As a competitor, helium plays with brute-force physicality successful some walk extortion and arsenic a tally blocker. Cross played near tackle successful college, but he’s a bully capable imaginable to task arsenic a close tackle. Given Ronnie Stanley’s wounded history, that’d beryllium an plus for the Ravens.

Texas A&M violative lineman Kenyon Green: The 6-4, 325-pound inferior has started since helium was a existent freshman. Just arsenic impressive, he’s started everyplace but halfway on the violative line. The versatile Green, an awesome tally blocker, projects arsenic a defender astatine the adjacent level and could beryllium the Ravens’ reply astatine near guard. But he’s besides shown his imaginable retired wide, starting astatine near tackle successful the Aggies’ upset triumph implicit Alabama. After allowing nary sacks and 5 backmost hurries past season, according to PFF, Green gave up 1 sack and 7 hurries this season.

Georgia antiaircraft lineman Jordan Davis: It’s hard to miss the 6-6, 340-pound senior. Davis has been an immovable tally defender for Georgia’s top-ranked defence this season, and helium was honored past period with the Chuck Bednarik Award, fixed to the sport’s champion antiaircraft player. On a Ravens defence committed to stopping the run, he’d beryllium a earthy successor to Brandon Williams up front. Davis’ pass-rush quality is limited, however. He has 3 sacks successful 14 games this season, but conscionable 15 backmost hurries implicit 3 years arsenic a starter.

Texas A&M antiaircraft extremity DeMarvin Leal: The 6-4, 290-pound inferior finished the play with 58 tackles, astir among Southeastern Conference linemen, including 12 ½ for a nonaccomplishment and 8 ½ sacks, each vocation highs. A three-year starter with awesome velocity and power, Leal has disruptive imaginable arsenic an borderline rusher and interior presence. Aggies manager Jimbo Fisher has praised him for establishing the program’s culture, but Leal was reportedly arrested past period and charged with possession of marijuana.

Cincinnati cornerback Ahmad Gardner: “Sauce,” arsenic he’s known, did not springiness up a azygous receiving touchdown implicit his assemblage career. The 6-3, 200-pound Gardner allowed a passer standing of 26.1 successful sum arsenic a inferior this season, his 3rd consecutive twelvemonth nether 40.0. His awesome physicality and athleticism would acceptable good successful the Ravens’ man-to-man-heavy sum schemes. Even with Marlon Humphrey signed long-term, the defence needs reinforcements astatine cornerback. Marcus Peters is recovering from a torn ACL, and Jimmy Smith and Anthony Averett mightiness person played their past crippled successful Baltimore.

With 14 teams headed for the postseason, here’s however the apical of the draught bid shakes out: