The Ravens selected Marshall edge rusher Mike Green with the 59th overall pick in the second round of the NFL draft on Friday night, taking a first-round-caliber prospect who dropped because of sexual assault allegations.

Green spent two years at Virginia before transferring in 2023 to Marshall, where he become one of the most productive players in the country. This past season, the Williamsburg, Virginia, native led all of college football in sacks (17), ranked second in the country in tackles for loss (22 1/2) and was a finalist for the Ted Hendricks Award given to the nation’s top defensive end.

Entering the draft, Green was ranked No. 17 overall on the consensus big board and a projected first-round pick. However, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Friday night that Green had been taken off several teams’ draft boards because he faced sexual assault allegations both in high school and at the University of Virginia in 2022, the latter of which Green previously said was an “anonymous report.”

Green said he was suspended from Virginia before transferring to Marshall ahead of the 2023 season. He was never charged and denies any wrongdoing.

“We investigated this situation very thoroughly,” Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said Friday night. “We have the best scouts in the NFL. We’ve got great scouts who go into Virginia, they go it Marshall. We’ve got people that work for us investigating different instances with players all the time and we felt comfortable taking him.