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Ravens Ink Mekari to Three-Year Extension

The Baltimore Ravens signed offensive lineman Patrick Mekari to a three-year extension, which keeps him under contract through the 2024 season.

Todd Karpovich

OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Ravens signed offensive lineman Patrick Mekari to a three-year extension, which keeps him under contract through the 2024 season.

The deal is worth $15.4 million with an opportunity to earn $750,000 in additional money in 2023 and 2024, according to the NFL Network.

“We are excited to sign Patrick Mekari to a three-year contract extension through the 2024 season,” Ravens executive vice president and general manager Eric DeCosta said. “Pat is an easy decision. He’s tough and gritty, smart, versatile, and a five-position player who does everything the right way. Congratulations to Pat and his family, and thank you for playing like a Raven.”

Originally signed by the Ravens as a rookie free agent in 2019, Mekari, 24, has played in 36 career games (23 starts) with Baltimore. He was one of two (OLB Otaro Alaka) undrafted rookie free agents to make the Ravens’ Week 1 53-man roster in 2019.

A versatile offensive lineman, Mekari has played multiple positions during his three-year NFL career. In 2021, he has started 10 games at right tackle, helping block for the Ravens’ fifth-ranked rushing attack (137.7 ypg) and the league’s fifth-overall total offense (382.1 ypg).

In 2020, Mekari saw action in 14 games (eight starts), including three starts at right guard before starting five more at center. During that campaign, he helped block for the NFL’s top-ranked rushing attack (191.9 ypg), which produced the third-most ground yards (3,071) ever in a 16-game NFL season. Behind blocking from the offensive line, the Ravens also tallied a franchise-record 24 rushing touchdowns.

As a rookie in 2019, Mekari started the final five games of the season at center and the Divisional Playoff against Tennessee. During that record-setting campaign, the offensive line helped the Ravens set single-season franchise marks for total touchdowns (64), points (531), rushing yards (3,296) and total net yards (6,521). The Ravens also became the first team in league history to average at least 200 rushing (206.0) and 200 net passing (201.6) yards per game in a season.

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Todd Karpovich
TODD KARPOVICH

Twitter: @toddkarpovich Email: todd.karpovich@gmail.com Skype: todd.karpovich Todd Karpovich has been a contributor for ESPN, Forbes, the Associated Press, Lindy's, and The Baltimore Sun, among other media outlets nationwide. He is the co-author of “If These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Baltimore Ravens Sideline, Locker Room, and Press Box,” “Skipper Supreme: Buck Showalter and the Baltimore Orioles,” and the author of “Manchester United (Europe's Best Soccer Clubs).” Karpovich, a Baltimore native, is a graduate of Calvert Hall College high school, Randolph-Macon College in Virginia, and has a Masters of Science from Towson University. 

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