American football offensive guard Benjamin Keith Cleveland (born August 25, 1998) plays for the National Football League’s Baltimore Ravens.
He attended Georgia University and played collegiate football before being selected by the Ravens in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Cleveland was born and raised in Toccoa, Georgia. He went to Stephens County High School and played football and baseball there.
He was rated a four-star recruit and committed to playing college football at Georgia during the summer before his junior season.
Cleveland sat out his actual freshman year. As a redshirt freshman, he participated in all 15 of Georgia’s contests and started the final five, which included the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship game.
Cleveland redshirted his sophomore season and started eight games while missing six due to injury. As a junior redshirt, he started seven of his 13 games as the right guard.
The Baltimore Ravens selected Cleveland with the 94th overall pick in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft. On July 20, 2021, Cleveland signed a four-year, $4.8 million rookie deal.
On July 21, 2021, he was added to the active/non-football injury list at the start of training camp. On October 12, 2021, Cleveland was put on injured reserve after suffering a knee injury in Week 5 against the Indianapolis Colts.
Cleveland was transferred from the injured reserve to the active roster on November 20, 2021.