The Baltimore Ravens currently have five total picks in the 2023 draft, with room to potentially pick up more in trades throughout the course of draft weekend. They will need to address multiple holes on their roster, as they look to improve their team before the start of the regular season.
When listing off the four best team fits for East Carolina running back Keaton Mitchell, Jack McKessy of The Draft Network named Baltimore as one of them. When explaining why, McKessy mentioned how running backs J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards are slated to be free agents after the season, and Mitchell’s explosiveness and speed as a pass catcher would be a fit for the team.
“Both of the Ravens’ top two running backs, J.K. Dobbins and Gus Edwards, are set to become free agents after the 2023 season. They also both tore their ACLs in 2021, and Dobbins (at least) had noticeably lost a step since his return from that injury in 2022. It could be that Dobbins wasn’t 100 percent when he returned, but if Baltimore wants to get a bit younger at the position and bring in an explosive, speedy guy later in the draft to make up for Dobbins’ step back, Mitchell is an excellent fit. The ECU product also brings more to the position as a pass-catcher than Dobbins, Edwards, and Justice Hill.”