Ravens got their top three guys.
After getting Faalele and Armour-Davis, the Ravens still had one more player that they prioritized heading into the fourth round: tight end Charlie Kolar.
Two tight ends, Washington’s Cade Otton (Buccaneers) and San Diego’s State’s Daniel Bellinger (Giants), had already been selected. The Ravens wanted Kolar, a highly productive tight end who also won the academic Heisman for his 3.99 GPA in mechanical engineering.
A couple running backs the Ravens liked, Georgia’s Zamir White and Texas A&M’s Isaiah Spiller, were scooped up with back-to-back picks. The Patriots were next.
In 2010, they selected tight end Rob Gronkowski one pick ahead of the Ravens, who took Sergio Kindle. Later in that draft, New England took tight end Aaron Hernandez one selection before Baltimore drafted Dennis Pitta. This time, the Patriots, who signed two high-priced tight ends in free agency last offseason, picked running back Pierre Strong. DeCosta celebrated with a “Yesssssss.”