Ravens Roster Moves: Justin Harper Activated

by Bruce Raffel on Dec 12, 2009 3:44 PM EST

The Baltimore Ravens made a couple of roster moves today, including activating WR Justin Harper from the Practice Squad to the active roster. Harper, a second year player out of Virginia Tech, made some outstanding catches in Training Camp and pre season, but he also had a habit of dropping balls that he should have caught. However, he is a big target (6'3") and should provide an additional long ball option for QB Joe Flacco.

Here is the Ravens' PR Dept. media release:

Dec. 12, 2009

For Immediate Release

RAVENS ROSTER MOVES

The Ravens waived FB Charles Ali and signed WR Justin Harper from the practice squad to their active roster, general manager/executive vice president Ozzie Newsome announced Saturday.

Harper, a seventh-round draft pick by the Ravens in 2008, has spent the entire season on the practice squad. Last season, he was placed on Injured Reserve (knee) following training camp.

No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Exp. College

14 Justin Harper WR 6-3 215 2 Virginia Tech

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Eron Riley

I saw Harper in pre season in Charlotte, he was open quite a bit but seemed to drop everything between the hash marks. Hopefully he is eager ti impress and earn a some playing time. I wanted to see Eron Riley this year, is he still on the practice squad?

by Ngata 92 on Dec 12, 2009 5:23 PM EST reply actions

He is still on Practice Squad

Looked great in pre-season. Would love to get a look at him.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Dec 12, 2009 7:52 PM EST up reply actions

this could be good

by sam_ravens on Dec 12, 2009 5:45 PM EST reply actions

Clayton may not be playing this weekend, hence the promotion for Justin Harper. I would

have preferred Eron Riley. Harper has hands of stone.

by E-ROC on Dec 12, 2009 6:26 PM EST reply actions

Yea

But Riley hasn’t shown us too much as well. Even though Harper dropped some easyyyyy passes, he showed that he can get some serious separation on CB’s.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Dec 12, 2009 7:52 PM EST up reply actions

I want to see more williams

by ryantz on Dec 12, 2009 6:51 PM EST reply actions

Agree here

I still have faith that he can make a big time impact in games. He is the type of player on our roster than can break it open and give us the momentum. Plus with Joe throwing alot of his passes high, D-Will can definitely go up there for them.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Dec 12, 2009 7:51 PM EST up reply actions

More than likely,

Harper is active strictly for depth. If Clayton doesn’t play, K-Wash and D-Will move up into the #2 and #3 positions, respectively and J-Harp is the #4 receiver.

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on Dec 13, 2009 8:50 AM EST up reply actions

The U

Just watched the ESPN show on the “U”. Not one mention of Ray Lewis?

by Ngata 92 on Dec 12, 2009 11:09 PM EST reply actions

Yea man

I was surprised. But it was mainly focusing on how everything went down in the 80’s. The Miami program had a major fall off during Ray Lewis’ time there.

You have to hate losing more than you love winning.

by Mr MaLoR on Dec 13, 2009 12:09 AM EST up reply actions

Because the show was not about

Miami in the 90’s. Read the bio, it was about the program in the 80’s!!!!!

aka 'Rexx'

by Bruce Raffel on Dec 13, 2009 8:54 AM EST up reply actions

it was still kinda odd, at the end they did a kind of “roll call” with stars from the NFL. Saw Willis and Lateral Ed from the Ravens but that was it.

by Ngata 92 on Dec 13, 2009 10:09 AM EST up reply actions

We were beasts back then

afraid of no one, beat everyone

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by Zachary Beard on Dec 13, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions

i caught some of it, like the last half hour

meh, it seemed like a gimic to try to get people to buy into the miami mystic again, but perhaps thats just me, and i did miss like the first 10 hours haha or however long it was

by sam_ravens on Dec 13, 2009 3:54 AM EST up reply actions

We're not putting him back on Practice squad after this right?

I really like him, he has great motivation, just drops some easy-to-catch balls sometimes… I think this was a great roster move! BTW, who did we sign to PS after we activated him?

by Zachary Beard on Dec 13, 2009 12:24 PM EST reply actions