As the 2024 NFL Draft draws near, the Baltimore Ravens are continuing to do their background work on various prospects. Every year teams are granted 30 visits with prospects at their team facility. The visits usually take place soon after the prospects complete “pro days” at their college campuses ranging from early March to mid-April.
The Ravens have a variety of team needs like wide receiver, edge rusher, offensive line and defensive back. They hope to address these needs starting with the No. 30 overall pick and continuing with their other eight picks in the draft.
Let’s take a look at the guys that have reportedly been to Owings Mills to visit with the Ravens. We broke them down into tiers ranging from the first round to Day 2 which includes the second and third round then finishing up with Day 3 for rounds four – seven and undrafted free agents.
The first-round prospect profiles are courtesy of ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr.
First-round prospects:
Troy Fautanu, OG, Washington
Fautanu really impressed me in 2023. He played 114 snaps at guard over the past three years, but the majority of his time has been at left tackle, where he has allowed just two sacks and 25 total pressures in 28 starts. That’s on more than 1,100 pass-blocking snaps. He is a hard-nosed, intense tackle, but he plays under control and has excellent feet and strong hands. He kept the pocket clean for quarterback Michael Penix Jr., who was sacked just 11 times in 15 games.
I see Fautanu’s future at guard as a way to best maximize his skill set, but I’m not ruling out that he’ll end up at tackle. He reminds me a little bit of Alijah Vera-Tucker, who went No. 14 overall to the Jets in 2021. Fautanu’s versatility will be a huge asset at the next level.
Xavier Worthy, WR, Texas
Worthy is an electrifying player with the ball in his hands (and I wrote this before he broke the NFL combine 40-yard dash record with a time of 4.21 seconds). His quickness and movement in space reminds me a little bit of Marquise “Hollywood” Brown, who starred at Oklahoma and was a first-round pick in 2019. Worthy is tall but very thin. He can fly by cornerbacks on vertical routes and take the top off the defense. He had 60 catches for 760 yards and nine scores in 2022 and had 75 catches for 1,014 yards and five touchdowns last season.
His biggest problem? Catching the ball. He had 10 drops in 2022 – he also dealt with a hand injury, to be fair – but he was more consistent last season, with five on 114 targets. Worthy also could be a dynamic punt returner at the next level.
Day 2 prospects:
Malachi Corley, WR, Western Kentucky
Theo Johnson, TE, Penn State
Chop Robinson, OLB, Penn State
Day 3 prospects:
Austin Booker, DE, Kansas
Khristian Boyd, DT, Northern Iowa
Trey Taylor, Safety, Air Force