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- Updated: May 2, 2016
1:31 AM ET
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — For 21 years, general manager Ozzie Newsome has usually been the one to call college players to inform them they’ve been drafted by the Baltimore Ravens.
On Saturday, assistant general manager Eric DeCosta suggested a change in tradition in the early part of the sixth round.
When the Ravens made the call to Navy’s Keenan Reynolds, team officials put it on speaker phone so the entire draft room could share in the moment.
“I just think we appreciate what he’s done,” DeCosta said. “He’s just a special kid. I wanted to experience that.”
Team officials built a connection to Reynolds, who set the FBS record with 88 touchdowns but didn’t receive an invitation for the Heisman Trophy announcement or the NFL scouting combine. The Ravens acknowledged they kept their interest in Reynolds quiet so other teams wouldn’t know how much …
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