The Ravens drafted Washington offensive tackle Roger Rosengarten in the second round Friday night, finding a potential rookie starter with the No. 62 overall pick.
The 6-foot-5, 308-pound Rosengarten was a two-year starter at right tackle for the Huskies and didn’t allow a sack over the past two seasons, according to Pro Football Focus. He was considered a potential dark-horse first-round prospect entering the draft.
After taking Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins with the No. 30 overall pick Thursday night, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said he was confident the team would find immediate-impact offensive linemen on Day 2 of the draft. Rosengarten, who grew up playing left tackle and switched to the right side to protect quarterback Michael Penix Jr.’s blind side, is expected to compete with Daniel Faalele for the starting job.
“He was a player that we had kind of had our sights on today,” DeCosta said Friday night. “He was one of our top players in the entire [second] round today, and I think [we are] fortunate that we got him.
The Ravens drafted Washington offensive tackle Roger Rosengarten in the second round Friday night, finding a potential rookie starter with the No. 62 overall pick.
The 6-foot-5, 308-pound Rosengarten was a two-year starter at right tackle for the Huskies and didn’t allow a sack over the past two seasons, according to Pro Football Focus. He was considered a potential dark-horse first-round prospect entering the draft.
After taking Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins with the No. 30 overall pick Thursday night, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said he was confident the team would find immediate-impact offensive linemen on Day 2 of the draft. Rosengarten, who grew up playing left tackle and switched to the right side to protect quarterback Michael Penix Jr.’s blind side, is expected to compete with Daniel Faalele for the starting job.
“He was a player that we had kind of had our sights on today,” DeCosta said Friday night. “He was one of our top players in the entire [second] round today, and I think [we are] fortunate that we got him when we did.”
Rosengarten met with the Ravens at the Senior Bowl, where he stood out, and again at the NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. He said Ravens coaches were so impressed that they cut their combine meeting short by a few minutes.
He recalled being told, “Hey, man, you check all the boxes.”
“He was just so on point,” coach John Harbaugh recalled. “He was on point, he knew his technique, he knew his assignments, he was very self-aware with the things he needed to get better at, and he just seemed like a motivated guy. He seemed like a Raven.”
But he also might’ve been a phone call away from becoming a Chief. DeCosta indicated Friday night that another team drafting behind the Ravens had engaged them in trade talks, only to drop out, trade for another pick behind the Ravens and take a tackle.
That team was likely Kansas City, which picked BYU offensive tackle Kingsley Suamataia with the No. 63 overall pick, one slot after the Ravens drafted Rosengarten.
