While not much has been made about their offseason beyond the big-ticket signing of wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and the uncertain future of superstar quarterback Lamar Jackson, the Ravens have kept one of the league’s top special-teams groups from a year ago intact.
In addition to officially signing backup quarterback Tyler Huntley to his restricted tender on Monday, Baltimore announced the re-signing of veteran cornerback Kevon Seymour, who ranked fourth on the team in special-teams snaps (282) despite playing in only 14 games last season. Seymour, 29, does offer some depth at the slot, but he played just six defensive snaps last season after seeing 247 for a depleted Baltimore secondary late in the 2021 season. A preseason ankle injury led to Seymour being waived and re-signed to the practice squad before he was elevated for the fourth game of the 2022 regular season.
The 6-foot, 185-pound defensive back has appeared in 56 games (seven starts) in his NFL career, recording 80 tackles and one sack.
Of the Ravens’ top seven special-teams contributors by snaps in 2022, five — Seymour, linebackers Kristian Welch and Del’Shawn Phillips, safety Geno Stone, and running back Justice Hill — entered the offseason as unrestricted or restricted free agents, but general manager Eric DeCosta managed to re-sign all of them as well as long snapper Nick Moore, who was re-signed after not being tendered as a restricted free agent. That continuity will surely please head coach John Harbaugh and special teams coordinator Chris Horton, who oversaw the league’s third-best special teams using Football Outsiders’ DVOA metric.
Seymour’s return gives Baltimore eight cornerbacks on its offseason roster, but questions persist about the top of the depth chart beyond three-time Pro Bowl cornerback Marlon Humphrey. Three-time Pro Bowl veteran Marcus Peters and Baltimore native Kyle Fuller remain unsigned, and the Ravens have been linked to several cornerback prospects in various mock drafts.
