Baltimore Ravens 2019 Rookie Bios
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BALTIMORE RAVENS 2019 ROOKIE BIOS No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate College How Acq. 7 Trace McSorley QB 6-0 202 8/23/95 Penn State D6 ‘19 14 Sean Modster WR 5-11 183 11/13/95 Boise State FA ‘19 15 Marquise Brown WR 5-9 170 6/4/97 Oklahoma D1 ‘19 16 Jaylen Smith WR 6-2 219 8/1/97 Louisville FA ‘19 30 Evan Worthington S 6-2 212 9/18/95 Colorado FA ‘19 37 Iman Marshall CB 6-1 210 2/27/97 Southern California D4c ‘19 43 Justice Hill RB 5-10 200 11/14/97 Oklahoma State D4a ‘19 45 Jaylon Ferguson OLB 6-5 275 12/14/95 Louisiana Tech D3a ‘19 50 Otaro Alaka ILB 6-3 239 5/18/96 Texas A&M FA ‘19 57 E.J. Ejiya ILB 6-1 235 10/6/95 North Texas FA ‘19 59 Matthew Orzech LS 6-3 246 4/12/95 Azusa Pacific FA ‘19 59 Silas Stewart ILB 6-3 228 9/28/95 Incarnate Word FA ‘19 61 C.J. Toogood C 6-2 296 3/29/97 Elon FA ‘19 62 Marcus Applefield T 6-5 308 12/15/95 Virginia FA ‘19 65 Patrick Mekari G 6-4 308 8/13/97 Cal-Berkeley FA ‘19 70 Ben Powers G 6-4 310 10/29/96 Oklahoma D4b ‘19 80 Miles Boykin WR 6-4 220 10/12/96 Notre Dame D3b ‘19 84 Antoine Wesley WR 6-4 206 10/22/97 Texas Tech FA ‘19 85 Charles Scarff TE 6-5 249 5/3/96 Delaware FA ‘19 88 Cole Herdman TE 6-4 238 6/27/95 Purdue FA ‘19 90 Mike Onuoha OLB 6-5 255 6/29/93 Texas A&M Commerce FA ‘19 91 Kalil Morris DT 6-2 309 10/22/95 Kent State FA ‘19 92 Gerald Willis DT 6-2 302 8/23/95 Miami (FL) FA ‘19 94 Daylon Mack DT 6-1 340 2/23/97 Texas A&M D5 ‘19 96 Markus Jones OLB 6-3 252 1/10/96 Angelo State FA ‘19 ALWAYS MORE. NEVER LESS. MARQUISE BROWN 15 COLLEGE: OKLAHOMA HS: CHAMINADE MADONNA (HOLLYWOOD, FL) WIDE RECEIVER BORN: 6/4/97, HOLLYWOOD, FL 5-9 | 170 EXP. (NFL/RAVENS): ROOKIE COLLEGE GP/GS: 27/21 ALWAYS MORE. NEVER LESS. — SEASON RECAPS — — KEY TRANSACTIONS — 2018: (OKLAHOMA – 14/13) • Marquise Brown was selected by the Ravens in the first • Tabbed first-team All-American by theAP , ESPN and round (25th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft Sports Illustrated and earned first-team All-Big 12 honors — COLLEGE HONORS — after posting 75 catches for 1,318 yards and 10 TDs • Tied for the national lead in receptions of 40-plus yards (11), • First-team All-American by the AP, ESPN and Sports 50-plus yards (7) and 60-plus yards (4)...Also registered six Illustrated (2018) games with at least 100 receiving yards • Second-team All-American by AFCA and FWAA (2018) • Paired with WR CeeDee Lamb to give OU its first duo to • First-team All-Big 12 by coaches and media (2018) each record at least 1,000 receiving yards in a season • Biletnikoff Award semifinalist (2018) • Helped OU average 48.4 points per game and 570.3 net • Honorable mention All-Big 12 by coaches (2017) yards per game, both marks ranking No. 1 in FBS • Produced a career-high 11 catches for 243 yards (second — CAREER HIGHLIGHTS — most in OU single-game history) and 2 TDs in win at No. 12 • Registered 132 catches for 2,413 yards and 17 TDs in two West Virginia seasons at Oklahoma • Had 9 catches for 191 yards and 1 TD vs. Iowa State, setting • Averaged 89.4 receiving yards per game during his OU set a school record for receiving yards in a half (189) career and 18.3 yards per catch 2017: (OKLAHOMA – 13/8) • In 2018, tied for the national lead in receptions of 40- plus yards (11), 50-plus yards (7) and 60-plus yards (4)... • Tallied 57 catches for a team-high 1,095 receiving yards, Tallied 1,318 receiving yards, which rank as fourth most which ranked eighth in OU single-season history in Sooner single-season history • Helped OU set single-season school records for total offense (579.6 ypg; led FBS), yards per play (8.3; second all — PERSONAL — time in FBS), passing yards per game (361.8) and completion • Is the cousin of Raiders WR Antonio Brown percentage (71%; led FBS) • Nickname is “Hollywood,” which is the city where Brown • Racked up team highs of 8 catches for 114 yards and 1 TD grew up...Sports announcer Gus Johnson first coined vs. Georgia in the CFP Semifinal at the Rose Bowl the nickname while calling a big game of Brown’s in 2017 • Led the team with 87 receiving yards and 1 TD on 3 catches • Originally didn’t receive a D-I scholarship offer out of high vs. TCU in a Big 12 Championship game victory school...Opted to play at College of the Canyons (Santa • Caught 9 passes for a school-record 265 yards at Oklahoma Clarita, CA) for one year...To pay for school, worked at State in OU’s 62-52 Bedlam victory Six Flags as an operator on the ride “Full Throttle” 2016: (COLLEGE OF THE CANYONS – 10/10) • Played Pop Warner football against QB Lamar Jackson • Recorded 50 catches for 754 yards and 10 TDs (all team • Majored in human relations at Oklahoma highs)...Earned first-team Southern California Football — NOTE THE QUOTE — Association (SCFA) honors as a freshman “He’s a playmaker. He’s a guy who can do a lot of different • Posted 13 KORs for 402 yards (30.9 avg.), including an 84- things with the ball in his hands. He can catch screen yard TD...Added 182 yards and a 73-yard TD on 9 PR passes, he can run reverses, he can run deep, and he has — HIGH SCHOOL — outstanding hands. I think he’s tough, and he’s electric.” • Prepped at Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, FL) HS, – Eric DeCosta, EVP & GM where he lettered in football and track COLLEGE STATISTICS RECEIVING RUSHING Year School GP GS No. Yards Avg. LG TD No. Yards Avg. LG TD 2017 Oklahoma 13 8 57 1,095 19.2 87 7 1 0 0.0 0 0 2018 Oklahoma 14 13 75 1,318 17.6 77 10 2 0 0.0 0 0 Totals 27 21 132 2,413 18.3 87 17 3 0 0.0 0 0 2019 RAVENS ROOKIE BIOS JAYLON FERGUSON 45 COLLEGE: LOUISIANA TECH HS: WEST FELICIANA (ST. FRANCISVILLE, LA) OUTSIDE LINEBACKER BORN: 12/14/95, ZACHARY, LA 6-5 | 275 EXP. (NFL/RAVENS): ROOKIE COLLEGE GP/GS: 51/43 ALWAYS MORE. NEVER LESS. • Broke the NCAA’s all-time record with 45 career sacks, — KEY TRANSACTIONS — passing former Ravens OLB Terrell Suggs, who amassed • Jaylon Ferguson was selected by the Ravens in the third 44 sacks at Arizona State round (85th overall) of the 2019 NFL Draft...Was the first • Tallied 64 tackles (37 solo), a team-high 26 TFL, 17.5 sacks, of two players (WR Miles Boykin) selected in the round 9 QB hurries, 4 PD, 2 FFs and 1 FR...Had five multi-sack games on the season — COLLEGE HONORS — • Broke the NCAA sack record after posting 2.5 sacks in his • Conference USA Defensive Player of the Year (2018) final collegiate game in LA Tech’s win over Hawaii in the • First-team All-Conference USA (2016-18) 2018 SoFi Hawaii Bowl • First-team All-Louisiana (2016-18) • Registered a career-high 4 sacks (-31 yards) at North Texas • Walter Camp second-team All-America (2018) • FWAA second-team All-America (2018) 2017: (LOUISIANA TECH – 12/11) • Sporting News second-team All-America (2018) • Started 11 games despite an injury that caused him to miss some time • Associated Press third-team All-America (2018) • Recorded 39 tackles (25 solo), a team-high 7 sacks and 9.5 • SoFi Hawaii Bowl Most Outstanding Player (2018) TFL...Added 1 FR and had 2 blocked kicks • FWAA Freshman All-America (2015) • Recorded 2 blocked kicks vs. Mississippi State • Sporting News Freshman All-America (2015) • Second-team All-Louisiana (2015) 2016: (LOUISIANA TECH – 14/14) • All-Conference USA Honorable Mention (2015) • Produced 49 tackles (27 solo), a team-high 16 TFL and then- • Conference USA All-Freshman Team (2015) school-record 14.5 sacks for the Bulldogs...Also recorded 4 FFs, 2 FRs and 2 PD on the season — CAREER HIGHLIGHTS — • Had a career-high 8 tackles vs. Western Kentucky in the • Recorded 187 tackles (111 solo), 45 sacks, 8 FFs, 4 FRs C-USA Championship game and 7 PD in 51 career games at Louisiana Tech • Posted four multi-sack performances on the year • Broke the all-time NCAA record for career sacks (45), besting former Ravens OLB Terrell Suggs, who posted 44 2015: (LOUISIANA TECH – 12/5) career sacks at Arizona State • Totaled 35 tackles (22 solo) and a team-high 15 TFL as a redshirt freshman — PERSONAL — • Tied a team-high with 6 sacks and also recorded 2 FFs • Following a devastating tornado strike, spent time on • Posted 7 tackles (5 solo), 2 sacks and 4 TFL in his first- 2019 draft week lending a helping hand in the relief career start at The University of Texas at San Antonio efforts surrounding his college community of Ruston, LA • Nickname is “Sack Daddy” 2014: (LOUISIANA TECH – 0/0) • Graduated with a degree in general studies • Redshirted as a true freshman at Louisiana Tech — HIGH SCHOOL — — SEASON RECAPS — • Prepped at West Feliciana (St.