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)
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Rank |
Athlete |
Sport |
Pro Team / Hometown |
|
1 |
Brees, Drew |
Football |
New Orleans Saints |
|
2 |
Rodgers, Aaron |
Football |
|
|
3 |
Brady, Tom |
Football |
|
|
10 |
Johnson, Calvin |
Football |
|
|
15 |
Manning, Eli |
Football |
|
|
20 |
Polamalu, Troy |
Football |
|
|
23 |
Foster, Arian |
Football |
|
|
27 |
Peterson, Adrian |
Football |
|
|
36 |
Turner, Michael |
Football |
|
|
39 |
Jones-Drew, Maurice |
Football |
|
|
41 |
Fitzgerald, Larry |
Football |
|
|
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 |
|
|
57 |
Willis, Patrick |
Football |
|
|
59 |
McCoy, LeSean |
Football |
|
|
61 |
Allen, Jared |
Football |
Minnesota Vikings |
|
67 |
Rivers, Philip |
Football |
|
|
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 |
|
|
98 |
Wallace, Mike |
Football |
Pittsburgh Steelers |