Something about these Ravens rookie numbers just hits different

The Baltimore Ravens’ 2025 NFL Draft class has officially taken the field in Owings Mills for rookie minicamp, and with that comes a first look at the new jersey numbers each prospect will wear in Baltimore. While it’s just a number on the surface, these digits often carry real weight—both for the players and the fans hoping to see them become the next star to rep the purple and black.

For Malaki Starks, Baltimore’s first-round pick out of Georgia, the meaning behind his No. 24 runs deep. He wore the number in college to honor his late cousin, who passed away at age nine (Starks was seven at the time):

"That's why I wear No. 24. Most people just look at it as a number, but to me it's much more. I know if I take care of what I need to take care of, I know his name will forever live long. That's huge to me."

Starks isn’t alone in attaching significance to his new threads. Many of the Ravens’ rookies are picking up where familiar names left off. Others are carving out a new chapter entirely. Here’s a breakdown of all 11 rookie numbers—and why some might be worth remembering sooner rather than later.

A first look at the numbers for Baltimore’s 2025 rookie class

Here are the jersey numbers for the entire draft class:

• S Malaki Starks – No. 24 (worn last season by Beau Brade)
• Edge Mike Green – No. 45 (formerly Christian Matthews)
• OL Emery Jones Jr. – No. 51 (last worn by Josh Ross)
• LB Teddye Buchanan – No. 40 (previously Malik Harrison)
• OT Carson Vinson – No. 71 (formerly Malaesala Aumavae-Laulu)
• CB Bilhal Kone – No. 31 (once worn by Jamal Lewis and Tony Jefferson)
• K Tyler Loop – No. 33 (most recently John Kelly)
• WR LaJohntay Wester – No. 83 (formerly Qadir Ismail)
• DT Aeneas Peebles – No. 93 (last worn by Calais Campbell)
• CB Robert Longerbeam – No. 37 (last worn by Andrew Adams)
• OL Garrett Dellinger – No. 74 (famously worn by Michael Oher)