If there’s one school that gets particular attention from Ravens General Manager Ozzie Newsome, it’s Alabama.
Newsome is still very much in love with his alma mater, and he’s been known to take a liking to their linebackers – especially when they churn out physical, versatile, well-schooled prospects like they have the past decade or so.
Newsome drafted Alabama defensive end turned outside linebacker Jarret Johnson in 2003. The Ravens general manager also took Alabama outside linebacker Courtney Upshaw with his first pick in 2012. Then it was inside linebacker C.J. Mosley with the Ravens’ first-round pick in 2014.