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          Blind fan, 13, to read Ravens' pick off Braille card

          • Jamison Hensley, ESPN Staff WriterApr 24, 2019, 09:51 PM
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              Jamison Hensley is a reporter covering the Baltimore Ravens for ESPN. Jamison joined ESPN in 2011, covering the AFC North before focusing exclusively on the Ravens beginning in 2013. Jamison won the National Sports Media Association Maryland Sportswriter of the Year award in 2018, and he authored a book titled: Flying High: Stories of the Baltimore Ravens. He was the Ravens beat writer for the Baltimore Sun from 2000-2011.
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          OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Mo Gaba, a blind 13-year-old fan of the Baltimore Ravens who is battling cancer, will make draft history this week.

          Gaba will become the first person ever to announce an NFL draft pick off a card written in Braille. He'll call out the Ravens' fourth-round pick (No. 123 overall) from the Ravens' Draft Fest on Saturday.

          Gaba, who lost his sight at 9 months old, received the news Wednesday while he was calling a local radio show and Ravens coach John Harbaugh surprised him by dialing in on the other line.

          Harbaugh shocked Gaba with the invitation to announce the pick.

          "Really? I've never done that before," Gaba said. "I would like to do that. Yeah!"