Editing Todd Heap (section)

===Baltimore Ravens===
The [[Baltimore Ravens]] selected Heap in the first round (31st overall) of the [[2001 NFL draft]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=2001 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2001/draft.htm |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> Through the end of the [[2009 NFL season]] he played 120 total career games, starting 115.

Heap recorded 16 receptions for 206 yards and one touchdown in his [[rookie]] season, playing behind eight-time Pro-Bowler [[Shannon Sharpe]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Todd Heap 2001 Game Log |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/H/HeapTo00/gamelog/2001/ |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref> He became the starting tight end for the Ravens in 2002 after Sharpe left in free agency. The Ravens were 7–9 in Heap's second season. He caught 68 passes for 836 yards and six [[touchdown]]s and was voted to his [[2003 Pro Bowl|first Pro Bowl]]. The following season in 2003, Heap garnered 57 receptions for 693 yards and three touchdowns, despite the Ravens having a run-first offense, behind the record breaking 2,066-yard rushing season of [[Jamal Lewis (American football)|Jamal Lewis]]. Heap was again voted to the [[2004 Pro Bowl|Pro Bowl]] as the Ravens won the [[AFC North]] division for the first time. Heap had six receptions for 80 yards and a touchdown in a 20-17 playoff loss to the [[Tennessee Titans]]. 
[[File:Johnathan Joseph and Todd Heap.jpg|thumb|left|[[Johnathan Joseph]] and Todd Heap in 2006]]
Heap was injured in the second week of the 2004 season, in a game against the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. He returned in Week 13, but missed the final game of the season. He finished the season with 303 yards and three touchdowns in six games. He returned healthy and ready to play in the 2005 season. The Ravens team suffered numerous injuries to their starters, and ended the season 6–10. Heap caught 75 passes for 855 yards and seven touchdowns.

In 2006 he would begin catching passes from former rival, former [[Pro Bowl]] quarterback [[Steve McNair]]. It would also prove to be the Ravens best regular season, as they won the AFC North for the second time in franchise history with a record of 13–3. Heap caught 73 passes for 765 yards and six touchdowns. Heap missed 10 games in the 2007 season due to injury, and caught only 23 passes, amassing 239 yards and one touchdown. In 2008, he collected 35 receptions for 403 yards and three touchdowns. The Ravens advanced to the AFC Championship Game for the first time since the 2000 season, but would lose to the Steelers.

Heap played through numerous injuries in the 2009 season, yet had 53 receptions for 593 yards and six touchdowns, and twice scored two touchdowns in a single game. The Ravens finished 9–7, losing in the second round of the playoffs to the [[Indianapolis Colts]]. He built on his success from the previous year in 2010, going on to have one of the best seasons of his career. In 12 games, he notched 37 receptions for 546 yards, and five touchdowns, one being a career long 65-yard touchdown. In a Week 13 match-up with the Steelers, he suffered a pulled [[hamstring]] on the first offensive snap for Baltimore, taking him out of the game. As a precaution, he missed the next three weeks, not wanting to re-aggravate or worsen the injury.

On July 25, 2011, the day the NFL announced the [[Collective Bargaining Agreement]], the Ravens announced they would be releasing him once free agency began.<ref>{{cite web |last=Walker |first=James |title=Ravens cutting four big name vets |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/29707/report-ravens-cutting-four-big-name-vets |work=Espn.com|date=July 25, 2011 }}</ref> He was officially released on July 28.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosenthal |first=Gregg |title=Release Tracker |url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/07/28/release-tracker/ |work=[[Pro Football Talk]] |date=July 28, 2011 |access-date=July 29, 2011}}</ref>