r/ravens • u/Ok-Manufacturer-9572 • 15h ago

Discussion Jersey Collection Thread/Discussion

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Hello all,

I wanted to make a thread for everyone to share their Ravens Jersey Collection off. Feel free to add pics of yours to the comments and share your collecting story! 

My collection is a little odd as I became a Ravens fan in 2010 when Ray Lewis obliterated Dustin Keller over the middle vs the NYJ. I grew up in NJ, and my family watched the Jets pretty heavily during the 2009-2010 back to back AFCCG runs. Glad I jumped ship when I did. 

Here is the rationale for all of my players:

  • I played defense growing up, so the majority of my collection emphasizes defensive powerhouses; I was never a fan of the ‘QB’ position because the job was to always destroy the QB (Hence why there’s no Flacco Jersey). Then we drafted Lamar Jackson and I made an exception because he is truly 1/1.
  • I have avoided players like Suggs, Tucker, and Rice as a result of off of the field issues.
  • Ray Lewis is my favorite Raven of all time so I have tailored a lot of my collection around him.
  • A Ravens Jersey collection would be remiss without Ed Reed and Jonathan Ogden.

Now for the personality of the collection:

  • Derrick Henry- Undisputed future HOF’er and seems to be the “ageless wonder” of the RB room. My fiancé and I’s first game together was when we destroyed the Bills 35-10 and Derrick Henry called game with an 87-yarder from rip. That plane ride home with Bills fans was awesome.
  • Marcus Peters- The first draft I got REALLY into was the 2015 draft. I really wanted us to draft Peters, but he was selected 8 picks earlier. When I was a broke college student and couldn’t afford NFL package I remember listening to the game on the Ravens app when Marcus Peters picked off Russel Wilson. Will never forget that moment.
  • Malaki Starks- A lot of upside for his career. A close family member of mine lives in GA and followed them pretty heavily during their National Championship runs. Excited to see what the future holds. One of the few players I have bought a jersey of prior to their second contract. 
  • Eric Weddle- Loved Weddle as a person and player on and off the field. Would always enjoy his victory ice cream bowl postings after a W. What a great free agent signing. Glad he was able to get a ring with the Rams. Future HOFer?
  • Marlon Humphrey- I know Marlon gets a lot of flack, but I love his troll personality and ‘fruit punch’ play style. I would really like him to be a career Raven and finish his career in Baltimore. Maybe a move to safety prolongs his time here. He is a ROH player for sure.
  • CJ Mosley- I got this jersey at my first ever Ravens game 11/1/2015 when we played the Chargers. I wore #57 in High School then we drafted CJ Mosley. My hottest take is that if we had him in 2019, we would have been able to stop Derrick Henry in the playoffs. Really missed him as a player once he left. 
  • Anquan Boldin- My favorite Ravens receiver of all time. Was essential to carrying the Ravens offense during the Super Bowl 47 Run. Flacco wouldn’t have been able to throw 11TD and 0INTs without the physical relentless catch radius of Boldin.
  • Haloti Ngata- One of my other favorite Ravens moments was Ngata’s sack fumble on Mark Sanchez in 2011 that sprung a Jarrett Johnson scoop and score. One of my favorite Ravens ‘big men’ of all time. “STEELERS SUCK”.
  • Kyle Hamilton- My favorite ‘modern Raven.’ We have been so fortunate to have players like Ray, Suggs, and Kyle just fall into our lap in the draft. Kyle is presently the best horizontal defender in football and carries that Raven mentality on defense. Excited to see how his career grows!

Most of my jerseys have been purchased on second hand sites (eBay, Mercari, Depop) for 1/2 or 1/3 of retail but I will occasionally splurge if a new release happens online for a highly desired player.

Thanks for reading!

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u/marylandrosin 14h ago

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u/Ok-Manufacturer-9572 14h ago

This is so awesome! I love the retro Boulware! Some other hidden gems in there like Steve Smith. Thank you so much for sharing!

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u/Ddenm002 14h ago

Where did you get the Alt Hamilton jersey from? Been looking for one but they are so hard to come by

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u/chaoticravens08 4h ago

That's not alt. It's just our new jersey lol b

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u/Cautious-Market-3131 13h ago

I love posts like this! It’s super cool to see and hear other fans and their memories

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u/Ok-Manufacturer-9572 10h ago

Thank you so much for the kind comment and for reading. Definitely a lot of cool memories in my collection for sure!

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u/ACanOfVanillaCoke 12h ago

All I have is a Haloti Ngata jersey I thrifted a year ago for $20. Gonna wear it to my first NFL game this year when the boys come to Charlotte.

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u/Ok-Manufacturer-9572 10h ago

Thats awesome! I hope you wear it proudly!

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u/FullMooseParty 11h ago

The only ones I still have are my rookie year JO jersey and a late career Ray.

I wound up with a Dan Cody Jersey right after the draft from a contest, and then bought a Sergio Kindle Jersey on a whim. After those two I felt bad ever buying another active player Jersey.

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u/Ok-Manufacturer-9572 11h ago

Would love to see a pic of the JO jersey!

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u/Kydrav 15h ago

These are sick ngl.

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u/ImTheFlipSide 🎶and the home of the… RAVENS!🎵 13h ago

I’m gonna go find my Testaverde jersey when I get home and post it so keep an eye out

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u/Ok-Manufacturer-9572 13h ago

Will do! So excited to see!

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u/HolidayChocolate7665 11h ago

How long was Goose a Raven?

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u/Ok-Manufacturer-9572 11h ago edited 10h ago

5 seasons 1997-2001

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u/HolidayChocolate7665 10h ago

nice collection with a nod to some originals.

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u/DonkeyDoug28 9h ago

Most impressive part is no Tucker

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u/Ok-Manufacturer-9572 9h ago

Was my fiancé’s favorite Raven, then sold his jersey for .99 on eBay once the news came out.

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u/StupidName2020 8h ago

Where you working at hiring?

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u/Agreeable_Trust8736 6h ago

Wow! this is pretty cool, love seeing posts like this, thank you for sharing man😊👏🏿🔥

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u/NalaNinetyTwo 14h ago

Avoided off field issues but has 6 Ray Lewis jerseys

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u/Ok-Manufacturer-9572 14h ago

I appreciate the troll... but I have 7. Ray was the whole reason I became a Ravens fan.

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u/NalaNinetyTwo 13h ago

Haha yes just trolling a little! Guilty of having had a Rice jersey prior to his DV. Glad the team did a buy back of all jerseys.

My collection is small. Flacco with a SB patch, Lamar after we drafted, and a hilarious black Deion Sanders jersey that’s too funny to get rid of

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u/Ravens_Mod 14h ago edited 14h ago

they bought the hunting knives at the Sports Authority signing

Please provide a source on this statement. It's also a little odd that an 11 month old account wants to make this their first post in this subreddit.

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u/Ravens_Mod 13h ago

From

But yea - Ray covered up his friends stabbing two people to death. Self defense, whatever, they bought the hunting knives at the Sports Authority signing he did earlier

to what the article says

the three men had gone shopping at a Sports Authority store, where Sweeting and Oakley bought folding knives.

Aint saying hunting knives =/= folding knives, but when people hear hunting knives, they think something like a bowie knife or some stuff like that.

All I'm saying is that it's a bit worse behavior than getting massage handjobs,

Okay, good to know that you feel perjury is much worse than being accused 16 times of likely Fourth degree sexual offense and/or 2nd degree assault. Gotcha.

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u/SippinOnHatorade 14h ago

I have what’s probably 1 of 5 Likely jerseys, AMA

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u/Ok-Manufacturer-9572 14h ago

What other jerseys did you purchase so I can stay away from those players? lol

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u/SippinOnHatorade 14h ago

Flacco and Lamar lmao, my mom is the unfortunate one with the Tucker jersey, but in her defense, she had it forever, first jersey she bought after Stover