Overview
- The team announced Thursday that players voted to select Lamar Jackson, Roquan Smith, Kyle Hamilton, Calais Campbell and Derrick Henry as season-long captains.
- Those five leaders will join a 10-player leadership council that adds Mark Andrews, Zay Flowers, Nick Moore, Ronnie Stanley and Trey Hendrickson.
- Coach Jesse Minter praised Jackson’s offseason demeanor and GM Eric DeCosta highlighted Calais Campbell’s character when the group was unveiled.
- The move replaces Harbaugh’s weekly captain rotation and gives Minter a fixed group to represent the locker room and relay coach direction.
- The change is an early cultural shift as Baltimore seeks to rebound from an 8–9 2025 season and test the new leadership in the Sept. 13 opener at Indianapolis.