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Ravens Move Down To 53

By Sam Robinson | at August 31, 2019 4:03 pm

The Ravens minced their roster to 53 players, parting ways with UDFA Gerald Willis to get there. Baltimore also placed Tavon Young and Kenneth Dixon on IR.

Young suffered a neck injury recently and will miss a full season for the second time in three years. While Baltimore boasts a deep cornerback corps, losing its slot man again will not help the high-end defense’s cause. Dixon will head back to IR. The Ravens placed him on IR in September 2018 but used an IR-return slot on him. That will not be an option this year, which doubles as the running back’s contract slate.

Character concerns caused Willis, viewed as a high-Day 3-type prospect out of Miami, to go undrafted. He is now on the waiver wire.

Here are Baltimore’s cuts:

• Aaron Adeoye, DE
• Marcus Applefield, T
• Terrell Bonds, DB
• Maurice Canady, DB
• E.J. Ejiya, LB
• Tyler Ervin, RB
• Christopher Ezeala, RB
• Willie Henry, DT
• Cole Herdman, TE
• Bennett Jackson, DB
• Stanley Jean-Baptiste, DB
• Sean Modster, WR
• Cameron Nizialek, P
• Donald Payne, LB
• R.J. Prince, G
• Charles Scarff, TE
• Zach Sieler, DE
• Brynden Trawick, DB
• Antoine Wesley, WR
• Gerald Willis, DT

Placed on IR:

• Randin Crecelius, T
• Kenneth Dixon, RB
• Alvin Jones, LB
• Fish Smithson, DB
• Tavon Young, DB