{"id":71279,"date":"2025-05-22T22:20:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T22:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/71279\/"},"modified":"2025-05-22T22:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T22:20:12","slug":"ravens-rookie-already-labeled-a-potential-2025-nfl-draft-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/71279\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens rookie already labeled a potential 2025 NFL Draft gem"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s hard to avoid looking too far ahead, but this 2025 Baltimore Ravens<\/a> draft class makes it hard to adopt a ‘one day at a time’ or a ‘one week at a time’ approach. Eric DeCosta and his team delivered Malaki Starks in Round 1. In Round 2, the flock landed someone who earned first-night grades but slid because he had been tagged with the dreaded ‘character concerns’ label.<\/p>\n

Mike Green was the choice, the 2024 Sun Belt Player of the Year and a First-Team\u00a0All-American. He notched 84 tackles, including 23 tackles for a loss, 17 sacks, and a forced fumble during his final NCAA season.<\/p>\n

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A kicker the Ravens<\/a> grabbed in Round 6 gained some attention. Tyler Loop is expected to take over for Baltimore’s all-time leading scorer, Justin Tucker<\/a>. He’ll have some competition in camp, though. John Hoyland was also added after a rookie minicamp tryout<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Loop isn’t the only sixth-rounder to watch during training camp and the preseason. There’s a diamond in the rough who’s gaining more attention.<\/p>\n

Ravens may have found one of the 2025 NFL Draft’s biggest steals in the form of Aeneas Peebles.<\/p>\n

Mike Green was added to assist the Ravens’ pass rush in 2025. He won’t have to do it alone. Ladies and gentlemen, feast your eyes on Aeneas Peebles.<\/p>\n

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The Athletic’s Jeff Zrebiec named him as Baltimore’s best value pick this past April<\/a>. This one sits behind a paywall so that we won’t share many quotes. Here’s what we will say.<\/p>\n

Zrebiec also mentions that draft analyst Dane Brugler mentioned Peebles as a third\u2014or fourth-round talent and the 17th-best interior defensive lineman. The Ravens grabbed him two rounds after he was predicted to hear his name called.<\/p>\n

Some theories suggest Peebles slid because he’s a small defensive tackle by NFL standards. He stands at six feet tall and weighs 289 pounds. The resume is impressive, though. He appeared in 12 games for the Virginia Tech Hokies<\/a>. He tallied 31 tackles, including seven for loss. He also added three sacks and three pass breakups en route to a 2024 First-Team All-ACC\u00a0nod.<\/p>\n

One year prior, he may have had a more impressive season. He finished his final season with the Duke Blue Devils<\/a> with 43 tackles, nine TFLs, five sacks, two pass breakups, and a forced fumble. He earned Third-team All-ACC honors after that effort.<\/p>\n

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