Devard Darling Facts: Played WR at Florida State(2000) and Washington State in 2001/2002... Played in four games at Florida State and had a 15-yard touchdown catch vs Maryland... Devard's brother Devaughn played Linebacker at Florida State... Devard Wore #83 at FSU, Devaughn wore #53... The apparent cause of Devaughn Darling's death was cardiac arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat, both brothers earlier had tested positive for the sickle-cell trait, a disorder that affects about 12 percent of the black population... Transferred to Washington State in 2001... Redshirted that season, but emerged as a game breaker on Cougars' 2002 Pac-10 championship team... With the 2002 and 2003 seasons combined, he caught 104 passes for 1,630 yards and 18 TDs... Wore #1 for the Cougers... Devard declared for the draft after junior season... Devard was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 3rd Round(#82 overall) in the 2004 NFL Draft... Assigned #11 in PreSeason by the Ravens...

Devard Darling 2004 Ravens Status: DVD has been battiling Quad injuries and it was once feared that he would spend 2004 on the IR... Devard was assigned #81 by the Ravens... He is questionable to open the Season in Cleveland... Devard saw limited action in Cleveland... DVD will be the 3rd Receiver Sunday against the Steelers in Week2 because Travis Taylor will be sidelined up to 5 weeks... Anything past this Sunday for Devard will be judged week-to-week and be predetermined if the Ravens sign or trade for a WR...

Devard Darling 2004 Ravens Status: Devard should compete for the #2 WR Position behind Derrick Mason... Darling, Clarence Moore and possibly Randy Hymes will compete for that position...

Devard Darling Contract Status: Devard signed a three-year agreement on July 26, 2004...