Marquise Brown is switching jersey numbers. Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports

Ravens' Marquise Brown to wear Joe Flacco's old No. 5

By Zac Wassink | Last updated May 19, 2021 5:29 PM ET

Quarterback Joe Flacco earned Super Bowl XLVII Most Valuable Player honors with the Baltimore Ravens wearing No. 5 and, per Myles Simmons of Pro Football Talk, was the last Baltimore player to rock that number in a meaningful game.

That digit is set to be back in the rotation.

Ravens wide receiver Marquise Brown announced via Twitter he is switching back to No. 5, the number he wore while playing for the Oklahoma Sooners, from No. 15:

5 - Symbol Of Gods Grace!

Back in that Cinco For everyone who copped that 15 I love and appreciate you , I will make that 5 worth it .... #GodsChild #CallGod pic.twitter.com/2Kasahf8eA
— Hollywood Brown (@Primetime_jet) May 19, 2021

A previously announced rule change allows wide receivers, among players at other positions, to go from double-digit to single-digit numbers on their jerseys beginning next season.

Brown generated headlines last November when he complained about a lack of targets, and quarterback Lamar Jackson accepted the blame for his receiver's unhappiness. Per ESPN stats, Brown led the Ravens with 769 receiving yards and eight touchdowns in 2020, and both he and tight end Mark Andrews accumulated a team-best 58 receptions in regular-season play.

Brown will now attempt to match Flacco's top accomplishments wearing what may one day be a retired number.

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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