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Play like a Raven: Levi Onwuzurike

He occupies double teams for breakfast and you can see him split them pretty regularly too. He cedes very little ground from the line of scrimmage when two guys get on him. His footwork helps him here but so too does his raw power, which is significant. He can stand up a little too easily at times and lose the leverage he will need at the next level but more often than not, he will hit you with a heavy and accurate paw early in the rep and then use his feet and base to establish a two way go for himself to make a play on the ball carrier. You cannot escape his grasp if you run at him – he’ll often throw out one of his considerable wings from behind a block and yank the running back to the ground.

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The Ravens defensive line draft tendencies - finding the next Justin Madubuike

As I was looking through this list and the teams they were a part of, I noticed that since Carl Davis in 2015, we have not selected a defensive lineman that didn’t have some experience being part of a multiple or 3-4 defensive front… the Ravens are not comfortable with projecting the ability to two-gap unless the linemen has proven he can do it at the college level.

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