The sixth round of the NFL Draft usually produces depth and special-teamers -- when those choices pan out.

Of the prospects picked with the 215th choice in the 2015, 2016 and 2017 drafts -- Fresno State guard Cody Wichmann, TCU center Joey Hunt and Miami (Fla.) quarterback Brad Kaaya, respectively -- none played in a game during the 2017 NFL season. But the player picked with the 215th choice in the 2018 NFL Draft -- Alabama center Bradley Bozeman -- just might have a path to start as a rookie.

The Baltimore Ravens selected Bozeman in the sixth round one week ago, and he's scheduled to begin work with the NFL team at its three-day rookie minicamp on Friday.

Bozeman joins the Ravens with their offensive line in flux after being beset by injuries in 2017 and losing its steadiest member, center Ryan Jensen, in free agency in March to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

"There's an open spot at center, pretty much," Bozeman said. "There's a very high possibility that I come in and start my first year. That's the plan. I'm just going to put my nose to the grind and start working. Whatever comes out of it is what it's supposed to be."

It's not quite as simple as Bozeman stepping in for Jensen, though. The Ravens have options.

Last year, Baltimore's starting guards were supposed to be Alex Lewis and Marshal Yanda. Lewis had started eight games as a rookie from Nebraska in 2016. Yanda came into 2017 on a six-year Pro Bowl streak.

But Lewis suffered a season-ending injury in the preseason, and Yanda ran into the same fate in the second game of 2017.

James Hurst had started 16 games in his first three NFL seasons and might have been Baltimore's right tackle last season. But when Lewis went down, Hurst shifted inside and started at left guard instead.

Yanda's injury pressed Matt Skura into duty. The undrafted rookie from Duke started 12 games at right guard.

With all four of the players returning for 2018, the Ravens have choices to make in their offensive line, particularly because, in college, Skura played center and Hurst and Lewis were tackles.

Ronnie Stanley returns at left tackle, and the Ravens have two offensive linemen added in the 2017 draft -- Jermaine Eluemunor and Nico Siragusa. Along with Bozeman in this year's sixth round, Baltimore drafted Wagner tackle Greg Senat after using a third-round pick on Oklahoma tackle Orlando Brown Jr.

"It's going to be very competitive," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said. "We've added a lot of competition everywhere. Every coach loves competition. So our guys are going to come to work this week and start competing. That's what you do in football, and that's what you do in life."

The chance to work is all Bozeman's asking for.

"All my life I've worked my butt off to get what I wanted," Bozeman told Tim Altork of the Randolph Leader in Roanoke. "I've never been given anything. I was blessed with size and a great family to support me. But on the field, I've always worked my butt off to get what I wanted. I plan to do the exact same thing in Baltimore. I'm just going to go in, I'm going to bust my butt and I'm going to be the best Bradley Bozeman I can be. And wherever it ends up I'll be OK with it because I'll know I gave my best."

Harbaugh had a one-word description for Bozeman at the post-draft press conference.

"Bozeman, man, this guy's an Alabama," Harbaugh said. "He's a big, physical center. We like those kinds of guys at center, so I think he fits what we're trying to do offensively."

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At Handley High School, Bozeman won the Class 3A Lineman of the Year Award in 2011, when the Tigers went undefeated and outscored their opponents 519-187 in winning the AHSAA state champions.

For Alabama's CFP national-championship team in 2017, Bozeman earned All-SEC recognition and was a second-team All-American selection by the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of America and Walter Camp Football Foundation.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1.