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Nine Draft Picks Sign Rookie Contracts

Nine Draft Picks Sign Rookie Contracts

Baltimore Ravens
03 May 2025, 22:02 GMT+10

Clifton Brown

The Ravens signed nine members of their 2025 draft class on Saturday's first day of rookie minicamp.

Offensive tackle Emery Jones Jr. (third round), inside linebacker Teddye Buchanan (fourth round), and offensive tackle Carson Vinson (fifth round) have signed. Also signing were Baltimore's five sixth-round picks cornerback Bilhal Kone, kicker Tyler Loop, wide receiver LaJohntay Wester, defensive tackle Aeneas Peebles, and cornerback Robert Longerbeam, and the Ravens' final selection, seventh-round guard Garrett Dellinger.

Jones and Dellinger, both from LSU, will compete for roles on Baltimore's offensive line, along with Vinson, the only HBCU player selected in this year's NFL draft.

Loop was one of the top kickers in college football in Arizona and is the first kicker to be drafted in Ravens history.

Wester was an explosive wide receiver at Colorado and could become Baltimore's top returner as a rookie.

Kone and Longerbeam will compete for action in Baltimore's talented cornerback rotation. Kone had three career interceptions at Western Michigan and had 70 tackles in 2024. Longerbeam was a playmaker in the secondary for Rutgers with five career interceptions.

Peebles had three sacks and 31 tackles at Virginia Tech last season and will now add depth to the Ravens' defensive front.

Two members of Baltimore's 11-player draft class remain unsigned first-round safety Malaki Starks (Georgia) and second-round edge rusher Mike Green (Marshall).

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