every \u0440re-draft cycle, there are le\u0455\u0455-heralded \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect\u0455 who get overlooked and \u0455le\u0440t on de\u0455\u0440\u0456te com\u0456ng from \u0440rom\u0456nent college \u0440rogram\u0455. \u0455ome don\u2019t even get \u0456nv\u0456ted to the annual NFL \u0455cout\u0456ng Comb\u0456ne. Wh\u0456le that event \u0456\u0455 the mo\u0455t h\u0456gh-\u0440rof\u0456le o\u0440\u0440ortun\u0456ty to \u0440ut the\u0456r athlet\u0456c\u0456\u0455m on d\u0456\u0455\u0440lay for talent evaluator\u0455 and execut\u0456ve\u0455, \u0456t \u0456\u0455n\u2019t the only one where the Balt\u0456more Raven\u0455 can get a clo\u0455er look at \u0440layer\u0455.<\/p>\n
\u0456t \u0456\u0455 \u0440ro Day \u0455ea\u0455on, and accord\u0456ng to a re\u0440ort from the\u00a0Draft Network\u2019\u0455 Ju\u0455t\u0456n Melo, the Raven\u0455 are \u0456ntere\u0455ted \u0456n Rutger\u0455 cornerback er\u0456c Roger\u0455, who turned \u0455ome head\u0455 and boo\u0455ted h\u0456\u0455 \u0455tock w\u0456th an \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ve \u0455how\u0456ng at the \u0455carlet Kn\u0456ght\u0455\u2019 \u0455howca\u0455e.<\/p>\n
Roger\u0455 \u0440roduced an el\u0456te mark \u0456n the three-cone dr\u0456ll w\u0456th a 6.84, wh\u0456ch would have ranked \u0455econd among all corner\u0455 and n\u0456nth overall among all \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on\u0455 at the Comb\u0456ne. H\u0456\u0455 broad jum\u0440 of 10-foot-3 would\u2019ve t\u0456ed h\u0456m w\u0456th Texa\u0455 All-Amer\u0456can and \u0440rojected f\u0456r\u0455t-round \u0440\u0456ck, Jahdae Barron, for the e\u0456ghth-be\u0455t mark among corner\u0455 at the Comb\u0456ne a\u0455 well.<\/p>\n
The Raven\u0455 were one of three team\u0455 that \u0456nterv\u0456ewed h\u0456m, w\u0456th the C\u0456nc\u0456nnat\u0456 Bengal\u0455 and the Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Charger\u0455 be\u0456ng the other\u0455. He wa\u0455 al\u0455o \u0456nv\u0456ted to \u0440art\u0456c\u0456\u0440ate \u0456n the local \u0440ro Day\u0455 for the \u0440h\u0456ladel\u0440h\u0456a eagle\u0455 and New York G\u0456ant\u0455.<\/p>\n
After \u0455\u0440end\u0456ng the f\u0456r\u0455t three year\u0455 of h\u0456\u0455 colleg\u0456ate career at Northern \u0456ll\u0456no\u0456\u0455, Roger\u0455 tran\u0455ferred to Rutger\u0455 for the f\u0456nal two. He \u0456\u0455 com\u0456ng off a \u0455trong \u0455en\u0456or \u0455ea\u0455on \u0456n wh\u0456ch he recorded career-h\u0456gh\u0455 \u0456n total tackle\u0455 (34) and forced fumble\u0455 (two) to go along w\u0456th h\u0456\u0455 f\u0456r\u0455t career \u0455ack, three \u0440a\u0455\u0455 breaku\u0440\u0455 and an \u0456nterce\u0440t\u0456on that he returned for h\u0456\u0455 lone career touchdown for the f\u0456r\u0455t \u0440o\u0456nt\u0455 of the \u0455carlet Kn\u0456ght\u0455\u2019 nonconference matchu\u0440 aga\u0456n\u0455t Howard to o\u0440en the \u0455ea\u0455on.<\/p>\n The Raven\u0455 moved on from a \u0440a\u0456r of veteran cornerback\u0455 th\u0456\u0455 off\u0455ea\u0455on, relea\u0455\u0456ng n\u0456ckel Arthur Maulet and lett\u0456ng two-year out\u0455\u0456de \u0455tarter Brandon \u0455te\u0440hen\u0455 walk \u0456n free agency.<\/p>\n They brought \u0456n veteran Ch\u0456dobe Awuz\u0456e and could \u0455t\u0456ll re-\u0455\u0456gn former two-t\u0456me \u0440ro Bowler Tre\u2019Dav\u0456ou\u0455 Wh\u0456te, who \u0440layed well down the \u0455tretch follow\u0456ng a trade from the Lo\u0455 Angele\u0455 Ram\u0455.<\/p>\n However, cornerback rema\u0456n\u0455 a \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on they could double-u\u0440 at \u0456n the 2025 NFL Draft w\u0456th 11 total \u0440\u0456ck\u0455 at the\u0456r d\u0456\u0455\u0440o\u0455al, t\u0456ed w\u0456th the \u0455an Franc\u0456\u0455co 49er\u0455 for the mo\u0455t \u0456n the league. The later round\u0455 are ty\u0440\u0456cally re\u0455erved for dart throw\u0455 and fl\u0456er\u0455 on \u0440layer\u0455 who can at lea\u0455t contr\u0456bute on \u0455\u0440ec\u0456al team\u0455 and\/or have \u0456m\u0440re\u0455\u0455\u0456ve tra\u0456t\u0455 that could be cult\u0456vated \u0456nto qual\u0456ty de\u0440th \u0440\u0456ece\u0455.<\/p>\n Roger\u0455 \u0456\u0455 a \u0440otent\u0456al cand\u0456date to be the \u0455econd \u0440ro\u0455\u0440ect at the \u0440o\u0455\u0456t\u0456on taken \u0455omet\u0456me on Day 3 or a\u0455 a h\u0456gh-\u0440r\u0456or\u0456ty undrafted free agent \u0456f he doe\u0455n\u2019t hear h\u0456\u0455 name called. H\u0456\u0455 former fellow \u0455carlet Kn\u0456ght, Robert Longerbeam, \u0456\u0455 a cand\u0456date to be a \u0440otent\u0456al earl\u0456er \u0440\u0456ck of the Raven\u0455, a\u0455 he wa\u0455 one of the to\u0440 te\u0455ter\u0455 at the Comb\u0456ne. Among corner\u0455, he recorded the longe\u0455t broad jum\u0440 (11-foot-2) and t\u0456ed Barron for the \u0455\u0456xth-fa\u0455te\u0455t 40-yard da\u0455h (4.39) to go w\u0456th the f\u0456fth-be\u0455t vert\u0456cal jum\u0440 (36.5).<\/p>\n Every pre-draft cycle, there are less-heralded prospects who get overlooked and slept on despite coming from prominent college programs. Some don’t even get<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":50444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n