After electing not to tender restricted free agent Anthony Levine ahead of Tuesday’s deadline, the Ravens have reportedly re-signed the cornerback and special-teams standout.
The sides received an agreement on a two-year deal, according to The Sun. After serving strictly in a special-teams capacity in his first two seasons with the Ravens, Levine was thrown into the secondary mix after a plethora of injuries at the cornerback position last season.
The 27-year-old appeared in all 16 games including three starts and finished the season as Baltimore’s No. 3 cornerback behind Lardarius Webb and Rashaan Melvin. He collected 29 tackles and four pass breakups while also finishing third on the team with six special-teams tackles.
The deal is reportedly worth $2.4 million, which includes a $400,000 signing bonus and incentives, which averages out to a lower annual salary than the lowest tender of $1.542 million for restricted free agents. This continues the Ravens’ pattern of awarding more affordable two-year deals to certain restricted free agents such as defensive tackle Christo Bilukidi, linebacker Albert McClellan, and long snapper Morgan Cox in recent years.
Baltimore gave a second-round tender ($2.356 million) to restricted free agent kicker Justin Tucker and the low tender to safety Will Hill earlier this week.
Ravens reportedly re-sign cornerback Levine to two-year deal
Luke Jones
Luke Jones is the Ravens and Orioles beat reporter for WNST BaltimorePositive.com and is a PFWA member. His mind is consumed with useless sports knowledge, pro wrestling promos, and movie quotes, but he often forgets where he put his phone. Luke's favorite sports memories include being one of the thousands of kids who waited for Cal Ripken's autograph after Orioles games in the summer of 1995, attending the Super Bowl XXXV victory parade with his dad in the pouring rain, and watching the Terps advance to the Final Four at the Carrier Dome in 2002. Follow him on social media @BaltimoreLuke or email him at Luke@wnst.net.
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