Calais Malik Campbell, an American football defensive end with the National Football League’s Baltimore Ravens, was born on September 1, 1986.
He attended the University of Miami for his college football career before being selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round of the 2008 NFL Draft.
In Denver, Colorado’s South High School was where Campbell played high school football. He was ranked as the tenth-best strongside defensive end by Rivals.com and the seventh-best defensive end by Scout.com.
He was widely regarded as one of the nation’s top defensive end prospects. Campbell was selected by the Arizona Cardinals in the second round (50th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft. Campbell was the sixth defensive end drafted in 2008.
The Arizona Cardinals had no immediate need for a starting-caliber defensive end, but chose to make a value pick and draft Campbell after he unexpectedly fell out of the first round and was considered the top player available at the Jaguars transferred Campbell to the Baltimore
Ravens on March 19, 2020 in exchange for a 2020 fifth-round pick that they had previously obtained from the Atlanta Falcons.Campbell signed a one-year contract extension soon after the trade.Campbell re-signed with the Ravens on April 9 for a two-year, $12.5 million contract.
On March 9, 2017, the Jacksonville Jaguars signed Campbell to a four-year, $60 million contract that includes $30 million guaranteed and a signing bonus of $6 million.
The Jaguars transferred Campbell to the Baltimore Ravens on March 19, 2020 in exchange for a 2020 fifth-round pick that they had previously obtained from the Atlanta Falcons.
Campbell signed a one-year contract extension soon after the trade and he re-signed with the Ravens on April 9 for a two-year, $12.5 million contract.