Like a firecracker, Baltimore Ravens running back Ovie Mughelli has been waiting for his chance to explode ever since he arrived as a fourth-round draft pick out of Wake Forest in 2003.

But Mughelli's journey to the playing field and the Ravens' offense has been more like a sparkler until very recently.

"I remember being told, 'You're never going to make it in this league,'" recalls the 6-foot-1, 255-pound fullback. "Everybody just said, sit there and wait, you're not good enough right now."