OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Six-time Professional Bowl defensive lineman Calais Campbell is reuniting with the Baltimore Ravens.
Campbell is returning to signal a one-year cope with the Ravens, a supply advised ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. This may mark the nineteenth season for Campbell, who will flip 40 on Sept. 1.
Baltimore is bringing again Campbell as a result of inside defensive position was among the many thinnest positions on the workforce after the draft. Although Professional Bowl defensive sort out Nnamdi Madubuike may come again from neck surgical procedure, the one Ravens defensive linemen at the moment obtainable who performed greater than 100 snaps final season are Travis Jones, John Jenkins and CJ Okoye.
Campbell had a profitable run with Baltimore from 2020 to 2022, totaling 11 sacks and reaching the Professional Bowl in 2020. The Ravens have had curiosity in bringing again Campbell beforehand and had been near buying and selling for him in November 2024 when he was with the Miami Dolphins.
With Baltimore ready till this week to signal Campbell, it will not have an effect on the Ravens’ compensatory choose components. The Ravens are projected to get 4 comp picks within the 2027 draft.
Campbell performed 643 snaps final season, outpacing the objective the Arizona Cardinals had set for him.
Regardless of taking part in greater than anticipated, Campbell nonetheless produced. He performed in all 17 video games and completed with 6.5 sacks, tied for his most in a season since he had 10.5 in 2018 whereas with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
His management was lauded all through the Cardinals group, which drafted him within the second spherical in 2008 and for which he performed his first 9 seasons. He was a mentor to your entire defensive position room, from rookies corresponding to 2025 first-round choose Walter Nolen III to veterans together with Dalvin Tomlinson.
Along with his sacks, Campbell had two passes defended and completed with 43 tackles, together with 9 for loss, whereas additionally contributing 16 quarterback hits.
A primary-team All-Professional in 2017, when he completed second in NFL Defensive Participant of the 12 months voting, Campbell additionally has frolicked with the Atlanta Falcons.
He has 117 sacks, 282 QB hits and 18 compelled fumbles in his profession.
ESPN’s Josh Weinfuss contributed to his report.
