Baltimore Ravens select QB Devin Leary in sixth round of 2024 NFL Draft
Devin Leary spent six seasons in college at two different schools. His next team will now be in the pros after the Baltimore Ravens selected him in the sixth round of the 2024 NFL Draft.
Leary spent five seasons at NC State before transferring to Kentucky for his final year. After redshirting his first season in Raleigh, he spent much time as the Wolfpacks’ starter over the next four years before being the full-time starter for the Wildcats this past fall.
In total, Leary finished with 9,553 passing yards for 87 touchdowns and 28 interceptions on 59.1% completion. That averages out to just over 1,900 yards, 17.4 touchdowns, and 5.6 interceptions per year over his five years of snaps.
In 30 games while at NC State, Leary completed 60.2% of his throws for just over 6,800 yards, 62 touchdowns, and only 16 picks. His lone year in Lexington wasn’t as successful, though, with just shy of 2,800 passing yards, 25 touchdowns, and a dozen picks on a 56.3% completion rate.
Leary, a native of Sicklerville, New Jersey, played high school football at Timber Creek. He was a four-star prospect there as the No. 348 overall recruit in the 2018 cycle. That’s according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also rated as a Top-30 QB in his class and the No. 8 player out of his state.
Leary is one of the oldest, most experienced quarterbacks in this class with his time at the collegiate level. That will now benefit his position room with the Ravens as this pick takes him up to the next level.
What NFL Draft analysts are saying about Devin Leary
NFL.com’s Lance Zierlein has his concerns about Leary as a prospect after his last year at NC State and final season at Kentucky. Still, if he can channel the best of his collegiate film, he believes that he justified a selection at point towards the back of the draft.
“Inconsistent pocket passer with slightly below-average size coming off a two-year run that seemed to kill the legitimate buzz created in his sophomore season. Leary’s tape shows flashes of accuracy, touch and football intelligence, but it’s not sustained often enough,” Zierlein wrote. “He has an NFL arm with good life on his drive throws and might have potential in a play-action based passing scheme if a coach can iron out some of the field-reading and decision-making issues.”
“Leary’s receivers did him few favors, and there are enough splashy throws to make him a dark-horse prospect worthy of a late Day 3 selection,” wrote Zierlein.