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When Oklahoma State Cowboys star running back Ollie Gordon III got arrested for driving under the influence prior to the 2024 season, head coach Mike Gundy defended his star player saying that Gordon only had a .10 blood alcohol content, .02 over the legal limit. It was a ridiculous defense, but you could at least understand his thought process.
That same defense won’t be available to Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh when discussing offensive lineman Ben Cleveland, who was arrested for DUI last week after blowing a staggering .178 when a Breathalyzer was administered.
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— TMZ Sports (@TMZ_Sports) February 17, 2025
Baltimore Ravens OL Ben Cleveland Says He Drank 3-4 Beers Before Blowing .178
TMZ reports that police in Milledgeville, Ga. pulled Cleveland over on Feb. 12 after observing him driving erratically in his Ford F-250. Officers claim that Cleveland nearly drove the vehicle into a ditch before being pulled off.
When asked if he’d been drinking, Cleveland told police that he had “approximately 3-4 beers.” Now, I’m no doctor. Nor am I a scientist. But Ben Cleveland is listen at 6-foot-6 and 360 pound on the Ravens team website. It sure seems as if it would take far more than approximately 3-4 beers in order to blow a .178 on a Breathalyzer test.
In fact, while BAC is not an exact science, Alcohol.org, a site dedicated to reducing alcohol addiction, states that Cleveland would need to have had around 16 beers in a three-hour span (at 5% ABV) in order to produce that result.
Cleveland failed multiple field sobriety tests and was then arrested and taken to a nearby jail. Once there, police administered another Breathalyzer test which returned a .161 result. The legal limit in the state of Georgia is .08.
Baltimore drafted the former University of Georgia star in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft. He’s since appeared in 44 games for the Ravens, but made just seven starts. Cleveland was set to enter unrestricted free agency this offseason, and something tells us this latest incident won’t do much to help his value.