2025 Ravens NFL draft grades: Grades for every Baltimore selection
Jack McKessyNo team owns more picks than the Baltimore Ravens in the 2025 NFL Draft. With 11 total selections, they enter the draft in prime position to upgrade their roster.
The Ravens finished the 2024 regular season with a 12-5 record, good enough to secure first place in the AFC North for a second straight year. In January, Baltimore was three points away from advancing to the AFC title game for a second season in a row, but the team ultimately fell to the Buffalo Bills in the divisional round.
The Ravens are not far from contending for the franchise's third championship; they just haven't been able to get over the hump in the last two seasons. With a good draft class this year, their fortunes could change.
USA TODAY Sports and the USA TODAY Network grade the Ravens' draft picks as they happen. Those grades will take into account several different factors, including team needs, player fit and draft value.
Ravens NFL draft grades
Round 1, No. 27 overall: Malaki Starks, S, Georgia
Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY Sports: A
The Ravens potentially get another first-round steal in the three-year starter for Georgia. Starks offers great versatility in coverage with the football IQ and commitment to run defense that will fit perfectly in the AFC North. Baltimore needed help in the secondary and grab the best defensive back on the board here.
Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY Sports: B
In my penultimate mock draft, I wrote Starks "looks like a Raven, plays like a Raven, feels like a Raven." Now, he is a Raven – and I regret not sticking with my selection. Eric DeCosta famously doesn't place positional considerations ahead of overall value, but he stressed this offseason how much adding another safety alongside Kyle Hamilton would do for the defense. If Starks can avoid short-circuiting in coverage the way he occasionally did in his final campaign with Georgia, he should help put the secondary in a more secure place.
Round 2 , No. 59 overall: Mike Green, edge, Marshall
- Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY Sports: A+
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY Sports: A-
Round 3, No. 91 overall: Emery Jones Jr., OT, LSU
- Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY Sports: B
- Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY Sports: B
Round 4, No. 129 overall: Teddye Buchanan, LB, California
- Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY Sports: B
Buchanan is inexperienced but offers great size at 6-foot-2 and 235 pounds and decent speed. He's a sure tackler and competitive enough to carve out a role as a rookie and grow from there. He's a great depth piece who could eventually become a starter.
Round 4, Pick 141 overall: Carson Vinson, OT, Alabama A&M
- Ayrton Ostly, USA TODAY Sports: B+
Vinson is an intriguing small-school prospect at tackle. He's got great size at 6-foot-7, 321 pounds and an 84 3/4-inch wingspan. He has good feet and solid power as a blocker. He will take some time to develop at the NFL level but has the tools to become a starter in a couple years.
Round 6, Pick 178: Bilhal Kone, CB, Western Michigan
Kone is a small-school prospect with the size, speed and skills to make it on the perimeter. The Ravens get great value with the 6-foot-1, 190-pound Kone who needs some development to become a long-term starter but the foundation is there for the Ravens to get more help in the secondary.
Round 6, Pick 186: Tyler Loop, K, Arizona
Like the Patriots, this isn't too early for a kicker and there's a big need for the Ravens at the position considering Justin Tucker's struggles on the field and storylines off of it. Loop has average kicker size at 5-foot-11 and 191 pounds with consistent power and accuracy. He hit a career-best 62-yard field goal in 2024.
Round 6, Pick 203: LaJohntay Wester, WR, Colorado
Wester's undersized at 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds but has great speed and explosive acceleration (4.46-second 40-yard dash). He will likely be stuck in the slot at the NFL level which may limit his ceiling overall but offers depth at the position for the Ravens.
Round 6, Pick 210 (compensatory selection): Aeneas Peebles, DT, Virginia Tech
Peebles is a near-perfect fit for the Ravens' defense. He's undersized at 6-foot and 289 pounds but his high motor and twitchy first step gets him early wins against blockers. He doesn't look like your typical defensive tackle but, in a rotation alongside Nnamdi Madubuike, he'll be an effective player sooner than later.
Round 6, Pick 212 (compensatory selection): Robert Longerbeam, CB, Rutgers
Longerbeam is undersized at 5-foot-11 and 175 pounds but put on a show at the NFL combine with impressive testing numbers. That, plus his film at Rutgers, bodes well at slot cornerback in the NFL. The Ravens get more depth in the secondary with him in the building.
Round 7, Pick 243: Garrett Dellinger, IOL, LSU
Dellinger was the left guard in Baton Rouge next to Will Campbell for much of the 2024 season before an ankle injury forced him to miss the second half of the year. His injury history is concerning and dropped him all the way down to Round 7. Still, he packs power in his 6-foot-4, 320-pound frame. He's not a very athletic prospect but has the makings of a depth piece at guard.
Ravens 2025 NFL draft picks
- Round 1 – No. 27 overall: Malaki Starks, S, Georgia
- Round 2 – No. 59 overall: Mike Green, edge, Marshall
- Round 3 – No. 91 overall: Emery Jones Jr., OT, LSU
- Round 4 – No. 129 overall: Teddye Buchanan, LB, California
- Round 4 – No. 141: Carson Vinson, OT, Alabama A&M
- Round 6 – No. 178: Bilhal Kone, CB, Western Michigan
- Round 6 – No. 186 overall: Tyler Loop, K, Arizona
- Round 6 – No. 203 overall: LaJohntay Wester, WR, Colorado
- Round 6 – No. 210 overall (compensatory selection): Aeneas Peebles, DT, Virginia Tech
- Round 6 – No. 212 overall (compensatory selection): Robert Longerbeam, CB, Rutgers
- Round 7 – No. 243 overall: Garrett Dellinger, IOL, LSU