Baltimore Beatdown
Each year, CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco releases his list of the Top 100 NFL players for the upcoming season. Last week, Prisco’s 2025 rankings came out and it features six different Ravens’ players — down one from the seven Ravens featured in the 2024 edition.
The following Ravens and their respective spot in the Top 100 list for this year are:
Compared to last year, all but two of these players saw a jump in their placement from the 2024 list. Jackson jumped 10 spots from No. 16 last year but surprisingly did not crack the Top 5, despite a historic performance this past season and near third-time MVP award.
“Jackson continues to put up big numbers and he has improved in all facets of his game,” Prisco wrote. “He just has to be able to do more in the playoffs . . . he is the best dual-threat quarterback in the game.”
Jackson ranks behind Patrick Mahomes, Myles Garrett, Saquon Barkley, Josh Allen, and Justin Jefferson. Next in the pecking order for the Ravens is Henry, who made a huge 80-spot leap from No. 94 in 2024 to No. 14 for 2025. He’s the only other running back featured in the Top 30 besides Barkley.
“All King Henry did was rush for 1,921 yards in his first season with the Ravens to show he’s far from slowing down. At 31, he is beating back Father Time” Prisco wrote.
To Prisco’s point, Henry bounced back in a huge way from a middling 2024 season — by his lofty standards — and thrived in Baltimore last year. His 5.9 yards per carry was a career-best mark and he scored 16 rushing touchdowns, too. Henry’s performance earned him a lucrative contract extension this offseason.
Hamilton ironically ranks No. 36 on this list for the second consecutive season. The do-it-all safety earned another All-Pro and Pro Bowl nod but did not see an increase in his placement in the Top 100, despite improving many of his counting stats across the board. Two other players who made big jumps are Linderbaum and Humphrey.
In 2024, Linderbaum ranked No. 100 on the dot and Humphrey was not ranked. For 2025, the former rose to No. 53 and Humphrey jumped way up to No. 68 overall.
“Linderbaum has developed into one of the better centers in the league,” Prisco noted. “He is good in the run game . . . expect the Ravens to give him a hefty contract extension in the near future.”
As Prisco notes, the Ravens will have a decision to make regarding Linderbaum’s future with the team, as he’s entering the final year of his contract. For the time being, though, he has certainly established himself as an elite center in the NFL and anchor of...
