{"id":876354,"date":"2026-04-27T20:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/876354\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T20:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:54:25","slug":"report-ravens-to-sign-two-undrafted-maryland-wide-receivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/876354\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Ravens to sign two undrafted Maryland wide receivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/baltimore-ravens\/366\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ravens;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Ravens&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Ravens<\/a> are staying local following the 2026 NFL Draft, agreeing to terms with Maryland wide receivers Jalil Farooq and Octavian Smith Jr. as undrafted free agents, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Terrapins247\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Inside Maryland Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Inside Maryland Sports&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Inside Maryland Sports<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mzenitz\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Matt Zenitz;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Matt Zenitz&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Matt Zenitz<\/a> of CBS Sports.<\/p>\n<p>Both players bring different skill sets to a wide receiver room that\u2019s expected to be highly competitive this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Farooq, a transfer from Oklahoma, plays with a physical edge and has shown he can work through contact and pick up tough yards underneath. He profiles as a possession-type target who could find a role if he proves reliable in camp.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Smith Jr. offers more big-play ability. He\u2019s a vertical threat who can stretch the field and create explosive plays, something Baltimore has continued to emphasize offensively around <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/nfl\/players\/31002\/\" data-i13n=\"sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link\" data-ylk=\"slk:Lamar Jackson;sec:content-canvas;subsec:anchor_text;elm:context_link;itc:0\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Lamar Jackson&quot;,&quot;ySubModuleName&quot;:&quot;anchor_text&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lamar Jackson<\/a>. As with any UDFA, nothing is guaranteed. But the Ravens value versatility and special teams contributions, and both Farooq and Smith Jr. will have a legitimate opportunity to make their case during training camp.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Ravens Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/ravenswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/ravens\/2026\/04\/27\/report-ravens-to-sign-two-undrafted-maryland-wide-receivers\/89825751007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Report: Ravens to sign two undrafted Maryland wide receivers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Report&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Report: Ravens to sign two undrafted Maryland wide receivers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ravens are staying local following the 2026 NFL Draft, agreeing to terms with Maryland wide receivers Jalil&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876355,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2052],"tags":[184,117,2282,7,118661,895,1002,3957,6,118228,169,2719],"class_list":["post-876354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baltimore-ravens","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-baltimoreravens","tag-football","tag-jalil-farooq","tag-lamar-jackson","tag-maryland","tag-matt-zenitz","tag-nfl","tag-octavian-smith-jr","tag-ravens","tag-undrafted-free-agents"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116478663980214610","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}