Ozzie Newsome

Ozzie Newsome
Newsome in 2023
Baltimore Ravens
TitleExecutive vice president/player personnel
Personal information
Born (1956-03-16) March 16, 1956
Muscle Shoals, Alabama, U.S.
Listed height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight232 lb (105 kg)
Career information
PositionTight end (No. 82)
High schoolColbert County (Leighton, Alabama)
CollegeAlabama (1974–1977)
NFL draft1978: 1st round, 23rd overall pick
Career history
Playing
Operations
  • 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
Awards and highlights
As player
As executive
Career NFL statistics
Receptions662
Receiving yards7,980
Receiving touchdowns47
Stats at Pro Football Reference

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).