Ravens Last 10 First-Round Picks: Who Worked, Who Didn't

2021: REC Rashod Bateman (Minnesota) #27

• Has Rashod Bateman produced at a level most expect from a first-round pick? Probably not. Has he been a steady producer worthy of a late-first-round selection? Many would argue he has. After churning out decent yardage through his first three seasons, suffering injuries in 2021 and 2022, Bateman recorded a respectable 45 catches for 756 yards and nine touchdowns last year. 

2021: Edge Odafe Oweh (Penn State) #31

• How could an edge rusher who didn’t log a single sacks over his final college season end up in the first round? Big-time potential, that’s how. After recording 13 sacks and 99 total tackles through his first three seasons, Odafe Oweh emerged with 10 sacks while starting in just 10 games in 2024. He’s turning it up. 

2020: LB Patrick McQueen (LSU ) #28

• He’s no longer with the Ravens, but Patrick McQueen absolutely lived up to his first-round selection. After making the PFWA All-Rookie Team in 2020, he was a Second Team All-Pro in 2023. By then, he’d recorded 367 combined tackles, 13.5 sacks, and four interceptions over four seasons. He signed a three-year contract with the Steelers ahead of last season.

2019: WR Marquise Brown (Oklahoma) #25

• Marquise Brown recorded 584 receiving yards as a rookie in 2019, 769 yards in 2020, and 1,008 yards in Year Three with the Ravens. From there, Baltimore traded Brown and a third-round pick to the Arizona Cardinals for the 23rd overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. Since then, Brown hasn’t broken the 1,000 mark. 

2018: TE Hayden Hurst (South Carolina) #25

• One could argue that Hayden Hurst hasn’t fully lived up to his first-round selection, but he’s been steadily productive over four organizations. Playing in 18 games with four starts in Baltimore, Hurst tallied 33 receptions for 512 yards and three touchdowns. He’s since traveled to Atlanta (2021-2022), Cincinnati (2023), and Carolina (2024).

2018: QB Lamar Jackson (Louisville) #32

• What else is there to say other than this pick being the most consequential - in a good way, a very good way - to the Ravens in the last decade. He’s a two-time NFL MVP and a three-time First Team All-Pro.