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26th Pick in the 1996 Draft
Ray Lewis was the 26th pick in the 1996 draft. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens. His contract was worth more than $5 million. -
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Ray Lewis
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Pro-Bowl
Ray was drafted into the Pro-Bowl after his firdt year in the NFL. The best of the best play in the Pro-Bowl, so it was an achievement that he was drafted only after a year. -
Super Bowl
After only 4 years in the NFL, he won his first Super Bowl. The Ravens beat the the Giants 34-31. -
Murder Trial
During an after party for the Ravens Super Bowl win, two men were stabbed and killed. Ray and his friends were accused with killing them. They had blood in their limo and there suits were no where to be seen. This gave Ray alot of bad press, because many people believed he did it. -
Commercials
After about 9 years in the NFL, Ray was asked to be on the cover of Madden 2005, a very famous video game. It is a very big deal when you are on the cover of the game, becuase it means you are on of the best. -
Super Bowl
In the 2012-13 football season, he won his second Super Bowl. This was a great acheivement to leave his season. He retired after beating the 49ers 34-31 -
Retiring
After Ray's amazing career as a Baltimore Raven, he decided to retire. He left after the 2012-13 Super Bowl win. He has made a ton of money and donanted a lot to charities. Although he has had some down sides to his career, he was and will be known as one of the best linebackers in all of the NFL. -
Charities
Today, Ray has over 50 charities helping multiple unfortunate types of people. This is very good press for him, because he is helping people. He helps a lot of unfortunate teens who dont have an education that really need help. -
Personal Life
Ray now has 5 children, and one of them, a very good player in Miami. He is married and has children which makes people like him more because he is a "family" man. He also is religious and showed it very often during games. -
Staute
Yesterday, Ray was just announced to have a statue at the Ravens stadium. It is him poseing his signature pose. He gave a very long speech and it made Baltimore headlines that the best linebacker on the Ravens will now always be remembered by that statue in front of the stadium.
