Six-Time Pro Bowler Calais Campbell Rejoins Baltimore Ravens

The Baltimore Ravens were looking to shore up their defensive line, and they did so in a reunion with a former player, as six-time Pro Bowler Calais Campbell is signing a one-year deal to return to the Ravens. It’ll be Campbell’s 19th NFL season and he will turn 40 years old on September 1. Campbell previously played for Baltimore from 2020 to 2022, where he notched one of his six Pro Bowls in 2020.

After the NFL draft, the interior defensive line was quite thin on the Ravens roster. Pro Bowl defensive tackle Nnamdi Madubuike is recovering from neck surgery, and his return is not yet certain. The only other Baltimore defensive linemen who played more than 100 snaps last season are the trio of Travis Jones, John Jenkins and CJ Okoye.

The timing of the signing if significant for the Ravens. Since they waited until this week to sign Campbell, it won’t affect their compensatory pick formula, with the team projected to get four comp picks in 2027. Despite being on the older age of defensive linemen, Campbell showed no signs of slowing down last season, outperforming expectations with 643 snaps played and appearing in all 17 games. Campbell recorded 6.5 sacks, which was tied for the most in a single season for him since 2018 with 10.5 for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

To read more on how Baltimore shored up their defensive line with a proven veteran, here is the full story from Ravens Roundtable writer James Brizuela.

Campbell began his career with the Arizona Cardinals, who drafted him in the second round of 2008, spending his first nine seasons in the league there. But he found a ton of success in his first stint in Baltimore, so much so that the organization nearly traded for him in 2024 when he was with the Miami Dolphins. He’ll now return to bolster the interior defensive line under new head coach Jesse Minter and his defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver.