Baltimore Ravens rookie offensive tackle Ronnie Stanley is making a positive impact in the community before even playing his first professional game, as he adopted a rescue dog in heartwarming fashion Wednesday.
As seen in this Facebook post from the BARCS Animal Shelter in Baltimore, the 2016 No. 6 overall draft pick out of Notre Dame adopted a six-year-old dog named Winter with his girlfriend after asking for a dog who had been at the shelter for a long period of time and was "not-so-adoptable":
The 22-year-old from Las Vegas is in line to be the Ravens' starting left tackle as a rookie after the team released veteran Eugene Monroe Wednesday, according to ESPN.com.
Per Ryan Mink of the Ravens' official website, Stanley believes he is up for the challenge: "I was talking to some people saying this is probably the first time ever that I've felt this kind of pressure. I've never really felt pressure like that before. It's something I know that I can handle and it's just part of the transition to the NFL. It's a production business and that's the way it's always going to be."
Baltimore selected Stanley near the top of the draft in hopes that he could develop into a perennial All Pro much like 2013 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and Ravens legend Jonathan Ogden.
While Stanley has a long way to go before reaching that level on the field, the decision to draft him is already paying dividends for the Ravens from a character perspective.
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from Bleacher Report - Baltimore Ravens http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2646895-ronnie-stanley-ravens-ot-requests-not-so-adoptable-dog-from-animal-shelter
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