5. RB Jamal Lewis (first round, 2000)
When you consider how critical the bruising University of Tennessee running back was to the offensively-challenged Ravens during the 2000 season alone, you can easily make the argument that Lewis should be even higher on this list as the franchise’s all-time leading rusher.
Considered by many to be a reach as the fifth overall pick in the 2000 draft before other highly-touted backs such as Thomas Jones and Ron Dayne were selected, Lewis rushed for 1,364 yards as a rookie to help the Ravens win Super Bowl XXXV and followed that up a few years later with a 2,066-yard season in 2003. He was the perfect complement to a hard-hitting defense and spent a number of years as the workhorse of offenses that were very underwhelming otherwise.
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Nestor Aparicio
Baltimore Positive is the vision and the creative extension of four decades of sharing the love of local sports for this Dundalk native and University of Baltimore grad, who began his career as a sportswriter and music critic at The News American and The Baltimore Sun in the mid-1980s. Launched radio career in December 1991 with Kenny Albert after covering the AHL Skipjacks. Bought WNST-AM 1570 in July 1998, created WNST.net in 2007 and began diversifying conversations on radio, podcast and social media as Baltimore Positive in 2016. nes@baltimorepositive.com
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