OWINGS MILLS, MARYLAND — Mid-Shore Ravens followers get a club-leadership marker before the regular season: Baltimore has shifted to season-long captains under new head coach Jesse Minter.

The record is the club’s Sept. 3, 2026, press-conference transcript and the same-day club newsroom post. Minter told reporters the team voted Wednesday for permanent captains: Calais Campbell, Derrick Henry, Roquan Smith, Lamar Jackson, and Kyle Hamilton. “They all got a very high percentage of the votes from the whole team,” he said. On the Sept. 3 transcript, when asked when the votes happened, Minter said: “I think it was yesterday. Yesterday we did it.”

Under John Harbaugh, the club designated captains game by game. Asked why he wanted season-long C’s, Minter said: “I have seen it work every which way, and that is the key thing — it has worked all the different ways. I really just felt like we did have a pretty veteran team with what I felt like may be established leaders, and I want those guys to feel the responsibility of having a ‘C’ on their chest and being a team captain.”

The same transcript names a 10-member leadership group — those five captains plus five next in the vote: Trey Hendrickson, Ronnie Stanley, Mark Andrews, Zay Flowers, and Nick Moore. “It was a pretty clear indication that these 10 players overall have the respect of their teammates,” Minter said. “We want them to be voices in the locker room.”