OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- After not receiving a call on the first two days of the 2024 NFL draft, North Carolina wide receiver Devontez Walker picked up the phone during the fourth round and heard the voice of Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta.
"How would you feel about catching passes from Lamar Jackson?" DeCosta asked.
Walker soon broke down in tears while talking to DeCosta and continued crying as he spoke with Ravens coach John Harbaugh. For Walker, the emotions had been building since he was 4, when he first told his mother and grandmother that all he wanted to do was play in the NFL.