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Baltiomore Ravens select former Texas S DeShon Elliott No. 190 overall in the 2018 NFL Draft

With the No. 190 pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, the Baltimore Ravens have selected former Texas Longhorns safety DeShon Elliott.

A one-year starter at Texas, Elliot’s NFL Draft stock exploded throughout the second half of the season and as a result the Rockwall product struck while the iron was hot and departed from Austin a year early. Elliott capped his junior campaign as a Jim Thorpe Award finalist, which honors the nation’s top defensive back — he was the only safety named a finalist.

In 12 appearances in 2017, Elliott recorded 63 tackles, 8.