Ravens draft Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins at No. 30 overall: ‘Ecstatic that he fell to us’

Fifteen minutes before the start of the NFL draft in Detroit on Thursday night, Ravens coach John Harbaugh was in the office of assistant head coach Chris Hewitt, the man in charge of leading Baltimore’s secondary, at the team’s Owings Mills facility and joked, “What if Nate Wiggins falls to us?” The prevailing laughter in the room told one story: It would never happen.

Then, as the opening round of the draft unfolded over the next 3 1/2-plus hours, it started to.

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