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Eleven officers who worked in the Mid-South, including seven who worked at the Memphis Police Department, lost their ability to work in law enforcement in Tennessee on Friday.
Ravens take Ohio State CB Shaun Wade in fifth round Published: May 01, 2021 at 02:54 PM Copied! Shaun Wade 's draft slide ended Saturday when the Baltimore Ravens selected the Ohio State defensive back in the fifth round with the No. 160 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft. Wade (6-foot-1, 196 pounds) played well enough for the Buckeyes as a nickelback in 2019 that he was considered among the best defensive back prospects in the college game. His draft stock suffered significantly, however, after he struggled with a move to outside corner in 2020. "I...
2019 stats: 11 games, 26 tackles, 1 interception, 7 passes defended Why he fits the Ravens: Wade is an excellent blitzer from the corner position, a strength that Defensive Coordinator Wink Martindale will surely look to utilize. Though he played outside in 2020, Wade was primarily a slot corner in 2019 and excelled. Although the Ravens are deep at cornerback, it's a position they value greatly and they never want to be caught shorthanded in the secondary due to injuries. Investing in a player who was regarded as one of the country's top cornerbacks in 2019 is a move not just for the present,...
JACKSONVILLE -- The name is Jacoby Joshua Wright. Shaun Wade knew him well. The case number is 857597, and Wade doesn't want that to be all there is for people who didn't. There is so much more to know about Jacoby Wright, Wade insists; so much more that inspires, motivates and even now, five years after his death, evokes laughter in Ohio State's star cornerback. But none of those qualities are listed anywhere in Case No. 857597. To all who didn't truly know him, and few did -- Wade and a small circle of friends called him Coby for short -- Wright is indeed a number now as one of 113 homicide...