Ozzie Newsome

Ozzie Newsome
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Newsome in 2023
Baltimore Ravens
Position:Executive vice president/player personnel
Personal information
Born: (1956-03-16) March 16, 1956 (age 68)
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S.
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:232 lb (105 kg)
Career information
High school:Colbert County
(Leighton, Alabama)
College:Alabama (1974–1977)
NFL draft:1978 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23
Career history
As a player:
As an executive:
  • Cleveland Browns (19911992)
    Assignment scout
  • Cleveland Browns (1993)
    Assistant to the head coach/offense/pro personnel
  • Cleveland Browns (19941995)
    Director of pro personnel
  • Baltimore Ravens (19962001)
    Executive vice president/player personnel
  • Baltimore Ravens (20022018)
    General manager
  • Baltimore Ravens (2019–present)
    Executive vice president/player personnel
Career highlights and awards
As player
As executive
Career NFL statistics
Receptions:662
Receiving yards:7,980
Receiving touchdowns:47
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR

Ozzie Newsome Jr. (born March 16, 1956) is an American professional football executive and former player who is the executive vice president of player personnel of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). Newsome was a tight end for the NFL's Cleveland Browns, and was general manager of the Ravens from 1996 to 2018. Newsome has been inducted into both the College Football Hall of Fame (1994) and the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1999), and is widely regarded as one of the greatest tight ends of all time.[1][2][3]

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  2. ^ Fragoza, James (October 24, 2021). "13 greatest tight ends of all time from Tony Gonzalez to Jackie Smith". Pro Football Network. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  3. ^ Brandt, Gil. "Gil Brandt's 14 greatest NFL tight ends of all time". NFL.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 9, 2022.