Ray Lewis was a standout, hard hitting Linebacker for the Baltimore Ravens and spent all 17 seasons of his career with the Baltimore Ravens. But before he was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens, he almost became a Packer.
With the NFL draft coming up in a few weeks, we’ll look at how the Packers almost drafted Ray Lewis in the 1996 NFL Draft.
The Backstory
The Packers held the 27th pick in the 1996 NFL Draft and was looking to draft a linebacker.
Before the draft, many teams saw Lewis as too small to be a middle linebacker, but the Packers didn’t think so.