Rashod Bateman

Baltimore Ravens·#7

Pos WRHt 6'1"Wt 193 lbExp 5 yrCollege Minnesota

Updated September 21, 2026

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Model Score

70.9 MODEL

2021

73.4

2022

72.4

2023

68.4

2024

75.5

2025

70.9

How good he is at what he is supposed to be doing, out of 100. Not a projection of what he will do next, and not a read on his contract. Median is about 70, and a 95 is rare. How it is built →

Rashod Bateman Injury StatusNot listed

Rashod Bateman is not on the injury report as of Sep 20. Source: the official NFL injury report, refreshed daily.

Rashod Bateman Stats This Season · 1 games

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Draft & College

Round 1, pick 27 · Baltimore Ravens · 2021

Minnesota (Big Ten)

Taken

#27

where he actually went

Consensus board

23rd

average of the public big boards that spring

Our college model

#25

among WR in our college data

He went about where consensus had him.

In college · 2018-2020 · 31 games

142 rec, 2,281 yds, 14 TD, 16.1 yds/rec

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Comps

College career

his college career vs theirs

JD Spielman86%Jalen Tolbert82%Deion Branch81%

STM Take

$36M Ravens extension plus the 27th overall draft pedigree puts Bateman in the rare market value WR class with structural top-40 ceiling expectation. The Minnesota Big Ten 27th overall draft pedigree plus the multi-year injury history put the structural ceiling at risk. The 2026 question is whether Bateman crosses 60 catches plus 800 yards or whether the structural injury wear caps the receiving ceiling.

Bateman came out of Minnesota as the Baltimore Ravens' 1st-round pick (27th overall) in 2021 after earning 2019 Big Ten Wide Receiver of the Year. He missed extensive time in his rookie and sophomore seasons with multiple soft-tissue injuries before establishing as the structural WR2 next to Zay Flowers in 2024. He signed a three-year, $36M extension in 2024.

Strengths

$36M Ravens extension plus the Minnesota Big Ten 27th overall draft pedigree plus 2019 Big Ten WR of the Year establishes real elite college foundation.
Five years of Lamar Jackson-era Ravens system experience plus the structural WR2 role gives him real veteran market value.

Concerns

Multi-year soft-tissue injury history (foot, groin, multiple game absences) puts continued durability question on every 2026 projection.
Lamar Jackson-era Ravens' broader offensive identity (RPO/scrambling) compresses the structural WR target share around Bateman.

What to watch: Whether Bateman crosses 60 catches and 800 yards in 2026, the threshold for confirming the structural WR2 ceiling holds.