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CLEAR HERE.
BUT THE BALTIMORE RAVENS' TURN.
>> TO ANNOUNCE 9 BALTIMORE
RAVENS' SELECTION, PLEASE
WELCOME FROM LOUISIANA TECH A
12th ROUND PICK IN 1990, KICKER
MATT STOVER.
>> WITH THE 35th PICK IN THE
2012 NFL DRAFT, THE BALTIMORE
RAVENS SELECT COURTNEY UPSHAW,
OUTSIDE LINEBACKER, ALABAMA.
>> ROLL TIDE.
>> WELL, THE FIFTH NOW ALABAMA
PLAYER SELECTED FROM THE
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM OF
NICK SABAN AND THE ALMA MATER OF
OZZY NEW SOME.
>> HE PLAYS DEFENSIVE END AND
OUTSIDE LINEBACKER AT ALABAMA.
THIS KID DOES A LOT OF THINGS.
HE IS A SILENT SPECIAL TEAMS
PLAYER.
I THOUGHT A SURE FIRE FIRST
ROUND DRAFT CHOICE, MEL.
HE IS A KID THAT DOES A LOT OF
THE THINGS.
HE FITS THE 3-4 DEFENSE OF THE
RAVENS.
>> YOU LOSE JARRET JOHNSON FROM
ALABAMA.
AND THE THING ABOUT JARRET
JOHNSON, NINE SEASONS, 20 SACKS.
WHAT DID HE DO?
HE SALED THE EDGE AGAINST THE
RUN.
WHAT CAN COURTNEY UPSHAW DO?
SEAL THE EDGE.
YOU GET A GUY THAT IS YOUNGER,
AND PEOPLE SAY, SHORT ARM, WELL
THAT IS DEFENSIVE END IN THE
FOUR-MAN FRONT.
YOU GOT A GUY THAT IS
PRODUCTIVE, STRONG AGAINST THE
RUN.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THE RAVENS
ARE LOOKING FOR FROM THE LATEST
CRIMSON TIDE PLAYER.
A TEAM THAT HAS JARRET JOHNSON.
AND THINK OF AN LaMARR WOODLEY
TYPE.
THIS KID HAD 32.5 TACKLES FOR A
LOSS.
SIX FUMBLES IN THE LAST TWO
SEASONS WITH THE CRIMSON TIDE.
I HAD IS 6'1", 279 POUNDS.
TENACIOUS, AND LACKS
EXPLOSIVENESS, YEAH, HE IS NOT
ELITE EXPLOSIVENESS BUT HE IS A
WARRIOR, RUGGED, VERY STRONG,
AND HE LOVES THE GAME AND WANTS
TO WORK TO GET BETTER.
TODD McSHAY TALKED TO HIP ABOUT
SOME OF HIS CONCERNS AND HE
SAID, I'M GOING TO WORK TO GET
BETTER IN THAT AREA.
HE WILL BE USED PROPERLY AND
COACHED PROPERLY.
THEY ARE THE MASSES OF THE
DRAFT.
OZZIE NEWSOME, THEY DO A HECK OF
A JOB.
>> THEY DO, AND NOW, I'M A YOUNG
MAN WHO PLAYS DEFENSE AND I GET
TO PLAY WITH A RAY LEWIS, ED
REED, I MIGHT BE ALL RIGHT.
I WILL LET THEM COACH ME,
REMEMBER, THE DEFENSIVE
COORDINATOR HAS MOVED ON.
THAT IS CHUCK PAGANO.
AND RAY LEWIS AND COMPANY, THEY
GOT IT DOWN AND NOW THIS IS THE
FIFTH CRIMSON SIDE WE HAVE SEEN.
DRE KIRKPATRICK TO THE BENGALS,
DONT'A HIGHTOWER TO THE PATRIOTS
YESTERDAY.
AND THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF