14. CB Duane Starks (first round, 1998)
Starks may not have found the elite status that teammate Chris McAlister did at the cornerback position, but the University of Miami product is tied for fourth on the franchise list for interceptions despite only playing four seasons in Baltimore.
He chose the perfect time to play the best football of his career when the Ravens made their championship run in the 2000 postseason as he collected three interceptions — two in the AFC Championship in Oakland — and returned one 49 yards for a touchdown off Giants quarterback Kerry Collins to jump-start what would become a second-half rout in Super Bowl XXXV. He wasn’t the overwhelming success like the Ravens’ many other first-round picks over the years, but Starks was an important part of a record-setting defense.
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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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