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Lamar Jackson, three other Ravens receive 2024 first-team All-Pro honors

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The eve of the start of the postseason brought the latest reminder of the high expectations for the Ravens this January.

On Friday, the Associated Press announced the 2024 All-Pro selections with quarterback Lamar Jackson, inside linebacker Roquan Smith, slot cornerback Marlon Humphrey, and fullback Patrick Ricard receiving first-team honors and running back Derrick Henry and safety Kyle Hamilton being second-team choices. Baltimore’s four first-team All-Pro selections tied Detroit for the most in the NFL while the six overall selections matched both the Lions and Philadelphia. All six All-Pro selections were also named to the Pro Bowl earlier this month as the Ravens earned a league-high nine Pro Bowl nods.

Jackson receiving first-team billing over Buffalo’s Josh Allen bodes well for the 28-year-old’s chances of becoming the seventh three-time NFL MVP in history since the same panel of 50 media members vote for the All-Pro teams and end-of-season awards. The Baltimore superstar received 30 first-place votes to Allen’s 18 and Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow’s two. This marks Jackson’s third first-team All-Pro selection with the other two coming in his 2019 and 2023 MVP seasons.

Despite a rough start to the 2024 campaign, Smith, 27, was named a first-team All-Pro linebacker for the third straight season. Pro Football Hall of Famer Ray Lewis accomplished the same feat for the Ravens from 1999-2001 and was named a first-team All-Pro linebacker four other times in his career.

The 28-year-old Humphrey is a first-team All-Pro selection for the second time after previously receiving the nod in 2019.

The second-team All-Pro selection in the first season the fullback position was added to All-Pro voting last year, Ricard received the first first-team selection of his career in his age-30 season.

More than 1,900 rushing yards would have earned Henry, 31, the first-team All-Pro honors in most years, but Philadelphia’s Saquon Barkley became just the ninth man in NFL history to run for more than 2,000 yards in a season, a list that included Henry in 2020. Barkley received 48 first-place votes to Henry’s two in the first-team All-Pro voting.

After being a first-team selection last year, Hamilton receiving a second-team All-Pro nod in his third NFL season continues an outstanding start to his career. Detroit’s Kerby Joseph (37) and Green Bay’s Xavier McKinney (31) each received more first-team votes than Hamilton (23) in a tight race.

Other Ravens players receiving All-Pro votes included tight end Mark Andrews, wide receiver Zay Flowers, center Tyler Linderbaum, right guard Daniel Faalele, edge rusher Kyle Van Noy, and defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike.

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