The Ravens have existed for 20 years, and when their punter, Sam Koch, earned his long-overdue Pro Bowl invitation earlier this week, he became the team’s 19th homegrown player to receive the honor.
That’s a pretty terrific average when you think about it – 19 draft picks (or undrafted rookies) making the Pro Bowl in 20 years. Almost one per year.
But the pace of marquee additions has slowed recently. The Ravens’ homegrown Pro Bowl list is heavy on players from earlier in the team’s history. Their most recent homegrown players to make Pro Bowl debuts are Koch in 2015, linebacker C.