Baltimore Ravens players from Baltimore include 1. Kyle Fuller, 2. Brandon Copeland, 3. Cyrus Jones, 4. Fish Smithson, and 5. Kiero Small.
There are no active Ravens players from the Maryland city in the 2023 roster. Likewise, Ronald Darby is the only player from Oxon Hill, Maryland on the team.
With the team having its home in Maryland, only a few native players from the place can be seen on the active roster. If we look at the past list of players on the squad, multiple players are from outside the state such as Georgia, Texas, and Louisiana.
The AFC North Division team was introduced in 1996 in Baltimore. The team is currently led by the head coach John Harbaugh and owned by Steve Bisciotti.
Eric DeCosta is the present General Manager of the team. The team plays all home games in M&T Stadium situated in the home location.
Kyle Fuller
Fuller was born in Baltimore, Maryland on February 16, 1992. He was first drafted by the Chicago Bears in the 2014 NFL Draft in the cornerback position.
The CB went to attend Mount Saint Joseph High School and played his high school football for the team. But he had to sit out most of the season due to his finger injury.
Fuller joined Virginia Tech and played his college football from 2010 to 2013. In his freshman year, he started seven games of that season. The player was the 2012 All-ACC honorable mention and was named third team in the 2013 All-ACC selection.
In his final year at the Tech, he had 24 tackles, 10 pass breakups, and two interceptions in his name. He entered the NFL Draft for the 2014 season.
The Sportsman played for the Bears for the initial six seasons, i.e. from 2014 to 2020. On 23 March 2021, he signed a one-year deal with Denver Broncos.
Kyle finally came to the Ravens on 24 May 2022 and was placed on Injury Reserve after tearing his ACL in the first-week game played against the New York Jets.
The player is currently a free agent and did not get much time to play with his birthplace-based team. His stats in the regular season read 371 solo tackles and 444 combined tackles from a total of 113 games played.
The CB recorded a total of 19 interceptions from 199 Yards and had four forced fumbles. He assisted 73 tackles and scored in 105 games out of 113 games played.
The offensive lineman is currently a free agent and is not associated with any team members because of his injury in the previous season.
Brandon Copeland
Copeland was born on 24 July 1991 in Sykesville Maryland and went to attend Gilman School, Baltimore for his high school education. He is a former linebacker.
The LB played multiple sports in his high school including football, track, and basketball. He was the 2008 NFF Scholar-Athlete of the Year award receiver and was also in the squad of the team when they won the MIAA championship in 2006.
After completing high school, the player went to attend the University of Pennsylvania and played his college football there. His graduation was from Wharton School where he studied Bachelor of Science in Economics.
He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens as an undrafted free agent and signed a contract on April 27, 2013, but was waived soon on August 31 of the same season.
After that, he played with the Titans from 2013 to 2015. Again on 7 April 2015, he signed a one-year contract with the Detroit Lions and went to play for the New York Jets in 2018. The LB played two seasons with the team.
25 March 2020 led the player to make a deal with the New England Patriots but had to sit in Injury Reserve in October. He tore his pectoral in Week 7.
For the 2021 season, he associated with the Atlanta Falcons signed a one-year deal but was waived on 11 September and again resigned after two days.
He returned to the Ravens for a second stint in September of 2022 and joined the practice squad. The Sportsman was released again in October 2022.
Copeland announced his retirement from the NFL on 21 August 2023 and has returned to Penn to teach financial literacy in the uni.
Cyrus Jones
Jones attended Gilman School where he played in running back, cornerback, and wide receiver positions. He was born on 29 November 1993.
His senior year of high school gave him 2,356 yards (all-purpose), 24 TDs, and five interceptions. The player committed to the University of Alabama and joined the Crimson Tide in 2012.
Playing as a wide receiver in his freshman year, Cyrus shifted to the cornerback position in his sophomore year. The CB was also Alabama’s punt returner.
The multi-talented player recorded 83 solo tackles and 23 assists totaling up to 106 in his collegiate career and returned 2 fumbles. He had 56 kick returns for 857 total yards and four touchdowns and 13 punt returns for 167 yards.
Jones was first drafted by the New England Patriots in the 2016 NFL Draft in the second round as the 60th overall pick. In his rookie season with the Patriots, he had a total of seven tackles.
The return specialist played for the team until he was placed on the injury reserve on 2 September 2017 after tearing his ACL. He was waived on 1 September 2018.
After that, the player came to the Ravens and joined the team’s practice squad on 3 September 2018.
On 8 October 2018, the Ravens claimed him off waivers and returned a punt for a 70-yard TD in a week 12 game against the Oakland Raiders which the team won by 34-17 points.
He was released from the team in November 2019 and pulled by the Broncos on 13 November 2019 but was placed on the non-football injury list on 26 November.
The player has retired from NFL Career and is not associated with any team as a footballer.
Fish Smithson
Smithson is a former American footballer born on 18 March 1994 at Baltimore. The player went to attend Highland High School located in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The safety’s college football career reads his association with two universities. First is Hartnell College where he played his freshman year given his initial commitment.
Later on, the player moved to the University of Kansas. He was the nation leader in solo tackles in 2015 and was titled Second-Team All-Big 12. He was named First-Team All-Big 12 in 2016.
The Safety went undrafted in the 2017 NFL Draft and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Washington Redskins. The team made a roster cutdown in September of 2017 and the player was waived.
The next day of his waiver, he signed the Redskin’s practice squad and on 19 December 2017 was placed on the active roster of the team. Again in September of the following season, he was waived as a result of the final roster cutdown.
Following his waive, Smithson joined the practice squad of the Arizona Cardinals on 19 December 2018 and was released after six days of the date.
His walk to the practice squad continued as he appended with the squad of Los Angeles Chargers on 3 January 2019, and Jacksonville Jaguars on 25 July 2019. The Jaguars waived him off on 4 August.
The free safety eventually came to join the Ravens in August of the same season. The deal was signed on 27 August 2019. The team placed him on the Injury Reserve list on 31 August and released him on 18 March 2020.
The player’s actual name is Anthony Smithson. “Fish” is his nickname given by his grandmother for his fear of fish when he was in his childhood.
Kiero Small
Kiero birth took place on 1 May 1989 and played as a fullback in NFL. The player attended Cardinal Gibbons High School in Maryland.
The fullback initially committed to Hartnell College located in Salinas, CA, and played his freshman and sophomore years for the college squad.
The year of 2011, he moved to the University of Arkansas and signed the team as an inside linebacker. There he had to change his position to fullback. That year Arkansas was ranked #5 in the final poll and had 11-2 overall records after their 2012 Cotton Bowl Classic victory over the Kansas State.
Small was redshirted after being injured in his 2012 senior campaign. In 2013, the redshirted senior proved himself to be a significant player after a devastating blocking back and out-of-the-back-field receiver role. He scored 3 rushing touchdowns and 1 receiving TD.
The full-back entered the NFL Draft in 2014 and was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round but his contract was terminated on 30 August of his draft year.
However, Small went to join the practice squad of the Cleveland Browns on 9 September 2014 but was waived on 11 of the same month.
The former footballer got signed by the Ravens on 13 November 2014 in the Practice Squad and was released on 5 September 2015. He did not play any NFL season with the team and neither did with the previous team.
NFL Players From Maryland
Best football Maryland players are Stefon Diggs, Randy White, Boomer Esiason, Kris Jenkins, Frank Wycheck, Vernon Davis, and Shawne Merriman.
The names are the all-time best players from the state who played multiple seasons associating with various teams and winning a number of titles in their names
The table below lists players who came to the NFL from Maryland:
| Name of Players | Maryland City |
| Rodney McLeod | Hyattsville |
| Andrew DePaola | Parkton |
| Adrian Amos | Baltimore |
| Stefon Diggs | Gaithersburg |
| Darren Waller | Landover |
| Rob Havenstein | Mount Airy |
| Ronald Darby | Oxon Hill |
| Nate Harrison | Frederick |
| Mack Hollins | Rockville |
| John Johnson | West Hyattsville |
| Jermaine Carter Jr. | Fort Washington |
| Ja’Whaun Bentley | Glenarden |
| Zeke Turner | Pasadena |
| Marcus Allen | Silver Spring |
| Zack Pascal | Upper Malboro |
| Ty Johnson | Cumberland |
| Darnell Savage Jr. | Salisbury |
| Michael Dunn | Bethesda |
| Trevon Diggs | Gaithersburg |
| Keandre Jones | Olney |