Carolina Panthers Announce Signing Offensive Lineman Bradley Bozeman

In a major departure from recent years, the Baltimore Ravens are down to just one former Crimson Tide player on the roster.

Christopher Walsh | Mar 18, 2022

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Another former Alabama players has left the Baltimore Ravens as the Carolina Panthers announced signing free-agent offensive lineman Bradley Bozeman to a one-year deal on Friday.

Terms of the agreement have not been made public yet.

Bozeman was one of the top centers on the open market. According to Pro Football Focus, he’s displayed steady improvement in each of his four NFL seasons, having recorded a 56.1 overall grade in 2018, a 63.4 in 2019, a 64.3 in 2020 and a 73.3 in 2021.

The 27-year-old started all 17 games in the middle of Baltimore’s line in 2021. He was charged with just 21 pressures over 718 pass-blocking snaps, with three of those coming as sacks.

Although the Ravens used be known for their former Crimson Tide players when Ozzie Newsome was the general manager, that's no longer the case. Cornerback Marlon Humphrey, a first-round selection as the 16th overall-pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, is now the lone Alabama player on the roster.

Defensive back Anthony Averett signed with the Raiders earlier this week.

Newsome is listed as the Ravens' executive vice president of player personnel.

Bozeman is being penciled in as the starting center with the Panthers, but could obviously play guard as well as he was a two-year starter on the left side for Baltimore.

Also on the Carolina roster are former Crimson Tide guard Deonte Brown and long-snapper Thomas Fletcher.

Bozeman was selected by the Ravens in the sixth round (215th overall) of the 2018 NFL Draft. he was the team's NFL Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee both in 2020 and 2021.

Former Alabama Players in Free Agency

Anthony Averett

CB, Baltimore Ravens

Landed one-year deal for $4.5 million with Raiders

Bradley Bozeman

G/C Baltimore Ravens

Signing one-year deal with Panthers

Landon Collins

S, Washington Commanders

Rashaan Evans

LB, Tennessee Titans

Shaun Dion Hamilton

LB, Detroit Lions

Staying with Lions, one-year deal for $1.03 million.

Ronnie Harrison

S, Cleveland Browns

J.C. Hassenauer

OL, Pittsburgh Steelers

Steelers extended one-year, exclusive-rights tender for $895,000.

Dont'a Hightower

LB, New England Patriots

O.J. Howard

TE, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Signed one-year, $3.5 million deal with Bills

Kareem Jackson

S, Denver Broncos

AJ McCarron

QB, Atlanta Falcons

Reggie Ragland

LB, New York Giants

Jarran Reed

DL, Kansas City Chiefs

Cam Sims

WR, Washington Commanders

Agreed to one-year, $3 million deal to stay with Washington

Levi Wallace

CB, Buffalo Bills

Signed with Steelers, two-year deal for $8 million

Published Mar 18, 2022

CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of BamaCentral, which first published in 2018. He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004, and is the author of 26 books including Decade of Dominance, 100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Nick Saban vs. College Football, and Bama Dynasty: The Crimson Tide's Road to College Football Immortality. He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.