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Job TitleSoutheast Area Scout
Joined Ravens2000
Years with Ravens12 years
Years In NFL11 years
CollegeRichmond
High SchoolLee-Davis (Mechanicsville, VA)
Birthdate7/20/1976
HometownRichmond, Virginia
In his ninth year as an area scout for the team, Joe Douglas moved into the Southeast region in 2009. He is responsible for scouting the SEC, ACC, Conference USA and other southern conferences. Douglas, who originally joined Baltimore as a player personnel assistant in 2000, also organizes and coordinates the post-draft undrafted free agent signing process. Douglas is responsible for crosschecking the linebackers, generating reports on all of the LBs considered "draftable" by the Ravens.
2000-11: (with Baltimore)
2011: Ravens selected T Jah Reid (Central Fla.), DE Pernell McPhee (Miss. St.) and RB Anthony Allen (Ga. Tech) from Douglas’ area.
2009: Southeast area scout and also evaluated DBs: Ravens drafted key contributor CB/RS Lardarius Webb.
2008: Evaluated players on the entire East Coast...Played a key role in scouting and evaluating Ravens first-round pick QB Joe Flacco and second-round pick RB Ray Rice.
2003-07: Scouted the Northeast for the Ravens and cross checked the O-line: Ravens drafted G Ben Grubbs, G Marshal Yanda, G Chris Chester and T Jared Gaither.
2000-02: Joined the Ravens as a football personnel assistant and worked mainly with the college scouting staff in a number of roles, including coordinating college workouts and draft visits, plus spring and fall scouting...Douglas was also in charge of the team’s college video library and assisted the pro personnel department in the advance special teams evaluations of the Ravens’ opponents and unrestricted free agents.
COLLEGE, PERSONAL
A communications major and sports administration minor at Richmond, Douglas started every game for all four years at tackle, earning All-Atlantic 10 honors his senior year...Spent the 1999 season as a volunteer assistant coach for the Richmond football team...His former O-line coach at Richmond, Frank Leonard, is the Rams’ tight ends coach...Douglas, who was a two-time All-State O-lineman at Lee-Davis (Mechanicsville, VA) HS, lives with his wife, Shannon, daughters, Addison (5) and newborn Leighton, and son, Thomas (3), in Baltimore.