{"id":45071,"date":"2025-04-30T00:20:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T00:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45071"},"modified":"2025-04-30T00:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T00:20:22","slug":"ravens-sixth-round-draftee-already-putting-in-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45071","title":{"rendered":"Ravens&#8217; Sixth-Round Draftee Already Putting in Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lzy it-large_16_9\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" flipboard-image\" src=\"http:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/ybmedia\/image\/upload\/c_crop,e_improve,h_513,w_912,x_0,y_0\/c_fill,f_auto,h_900,q_auto,w_1600\/v1\/m\/7\/5\/753b40412dbe4f476bb0bdcd360941f1ff36d0b7\/01jt18rd69rwma2x6805.jpg\" alt=\"Ravens&amp;#39; Sixth-Round Draftee Already Putting in Work\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"aph_inner\">\n<div class=\"image-caption\"><span class=\"image-description\">Oct 19, 2024; Tucson, Arizona, USA; Colorado Buffalos wide receiver LaJohntay Wester (10) against the Arizona Wildcats at Arizona Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/span>\u00a0Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"ac_101077369\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme first_text_block\">\n<p>Of the 11 picks that the Baltimore Ravens cashed in on over this past weekend&#8217;s NFL draft, only one of them was spent on an offensive skill position. This wasn&#8217;t some testament to their overwhelming commitment to defense or pass protection, but a live indicator of\u00a0Baltimore&#8217;s draft philosophy of allowing the draft board to come to them and taking the best player possible.<\/p>\n<p>They avoided that splashy wide receiver selection that the team seems to swing on every other year, taking a single downfield weapon with one of their five sixth-round picks.\u00a0They took Colorado wideout LaJohntay Wester at #203,\u00a0and the receiver has already gone out of his way to prove the work he&#8217;ll put in to make the cut as a Raven.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s already been recorded running some standard real-time receiver drills, with this Monday footage acting as evidence of the effort he looks to bring to the table.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_101077370\" class=\"article_chunk type_51\"><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1917045220614537303&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fnfl%2Fravens%2Fnews%2Fbaltimore-ravens-sixth-round-lajohntay-wester-already-putting-work&amp;sessionId=2b94dfadffe109a6451e7b4254d4b2a89a6a23cc&amp;siteScreenName=yardbarker&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-gtm-yt-inspected-8=\"true\" data-tweet-id=\"1917045220614537303\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n<div id=\"ac_101077371\" class=\"article_chunk type_50\">\n<div class=\"froala-view custom-theme \">\n<p>Wester spent his first four seasons at Florida Atlantic, dominating the conference as a senior by leading the AAC in receptions (108) and receiving yards (1,168). 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