A surprise returnee after earning first-team All-ACC honors with 45 tackles, including 14.5 for loss and 11 sacks, Gillotte is a slippery — if unconventionally built (6-foot-3, 275 pounds) — edge rusher with the burst and bend that translates well to the next level.
At 6-7 and 281 pounds, Jackson fits well with the Ravens. He improved significantly in 2023, posting 15 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. Scouts keep pointing to Arkansas' game against Alabama last season (10 tackles and 3.5 sacks) to explain his potential, but they want to see him dominate more consistently this season.
Devontez Walker was a solid value in the fourth round this year for the Ravens, but Bond would give Lamar Jackson the type of vertical threat he hasn't had since they traded Marquise Brown to Arizona. The Alabama transfer reminds me a lot of Denver Broncos playmaker Marvin Mims Jr.
Jackson put himself on the NFL radar last season with his performance against Alabama. Can he turn the flashes into more consistency in 2024? If he does, Jackson will continue moving up boards.
Baltimore smartly added Devontez Walker in this year's draft, but Tre Harris gives them a potentially dominant perimeter weapon. He posted the sixth-best receiving grade in college football last season and finished 10th in yards per route run. He has shown that he can be the best player on the field and would add a vertical element to Baltimore's offense.
The Baltimore Ravens had a ton of success drafting another Notre Dame safety in Round 1 in 2022 with Kyle Hamilton, so why not go back to the well? Xavier Watts is a smaller safety (5-foot-11, 199 pounds), but he is a ballhawk who recorded seven interceptions last year. He needs to add some more bulk, but he could be the perfect long-term pairing with Hamilton.
Stout against the run and able to generate consistent pressure as a pass rusher, Sawyer sizes up as the kind of hard-nosed, well-rounded defender who would fit right in with Baltimore's defense. The Ravens' front seven might require more reconfiguring if the group takes a significant step back from last season as Zach Orr takes over as coordinator.
