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Two Ravens Make 'Most Powerful Athletes' List

Two members of the Baltimore Ravens made the 2012 Power 100 list of the most powerful professional athletes in the U.S., according to Bloomberg/Business Week. There were 26 NFL players among the top 100, led by New Orleans Saints QB Drew Brees at #1.

More than 3,000 athletes across a variety of sports were evaluated, using criteria based evenly between "off-field" and "on-field" measurements by a company called CSE, which uses a wide range of industry analytics to come up with their results.

Th two Ravens on the Power 100 include RB Ray Rice (#44) and OLB Terrell Suggs (#91). Check out the rest of the NFL players in the Power 100 after the 'Jump' and click on the link above for the full story)

Rank

Athlete

Sport

Pro Team / Hometown

1

Brees, Drew

Football

New Orleans Saints

2

Rodgers, Aaron

Football

Green Bay Packers

3

Brady, Tom

Football

New England Patriots

10

Johnson, Calvin

Football

Detroit Lions

15

Manning, Eli

Football

New York Giants

20

Polamalu, Troy

Football

Pittsburgh Steelers

23

Foster, Arian

Football

Houston Texans

27

Peterson, Adrian

Football

Minnesota Vikings

36

Turner, Michael

Football

Atlanta Falcons

39

Jones-Drew, Maurice

Football

Jacksonville Jaguars

41

Fitzgerald, Larry

Football

Arizona Cardinals

43

Stafford, Matthew

Football

Detroit Lions

44

Rice, Ray

Football

Baltimore Ravens

47

Woodson, Charles

Football

Green Bay Packers

50

Ryan, Matt

Football

Atlanta Falcons

51

Manning, Peyton

Football

Indianapolis Colts

57

Willis, Patrick

Football

San Francisco 49ers

59

McCoy, LeSean

Football

Philadelphia Eagles

61

Allen, Jared

Football

Minnesota Vikings

67

Rivers, Philip

Football

San Diego Chargers

72

Matthews, Clay

Football

Green Bay Packers

77

Gronkowski, Rob

Football

New England Patriots

91

Suggs, Terrell

Football

Baltimore Ravens

95

Welker, Wes

Football

New England Patriots

97

Anderson, James

Football

Carolina Panthers

98

Wallace, Mike

Football

Pittsburgh Steelers