OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- For 21 years, general manager Ozzie Newsome has usually been the one to call college players to inform them they've been drafted by the Baltimore Ravens.
On Saturday, assistant general manager Eric DeCosta suggested a change in tradition in the early part of the sixth round.
When the Ravens made the call to Navy's Keenan Reynolds, team officials put it on speaker phone so the entire draft room could share in the moment.
“I just think we appreciate what he’s done," DeCosta said. "He's just a special kid.