Baltimore Ravens ink wide receiver Nelson Agholor to one-year contract extension
The Baltimore Ravens have opted to sign wide receiver Nelson Agholor to another one-year deal to keep him for the 2024 season, NFL insider Adam Schefter reported on Sunday. Agholor joined the Ravens last March after a two-year stint with the New England Patriots. He played the 2023 season on a one-year deal, which netted him $3.25 million.
Agholor spent the last two years in New England. He had previously spent a year with the Las Vegas Raiders following his five-year rookie stint with the Philadelphia Eagles, who took him with the No. 20 overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft out of USC.
In his nine-year NFL career, Agholor has caught 375 passes for 4,627 yards and 35 touchdowns. His best season was in 2020, when he caught 48 passes for 896 yards and eight touchdowns while he was with the Raiders.
Agholor recorded 31 catches for 362 yards and two touchdowns in 2022 for the Patriots. He followed that up this season with 35 catches, 381 yards and four touchdown receptions from Ravens QB Lamar Jackson. Agholor finished the 2023 season as the fifth-most productive pass-catcher on the team. He added three catches for 51 yards and a touchdown in the postseason run.
Through his nine seasons in the league, the former Trojans star has earned roughly $45.3 million. The most he made for a single season was $11 million with the Patriots in 2021.
The Ravens also have another big wide receiver decision coming up. After paying Odell Beckham Jr. $15 million for the 2023 season, the veteran is a free agent again in March.
More on the 2024 NFL offseason, free agency
The NFL 2024 calendar year begins at 4 p.m. ET on March 13. At that time, contracts running through 2023 officially run out, making those players free agents. Prior to the beginning of free agency, teams will have a chance to designate one franchise or transition tag player, starting on Feb. 20 at 4 p.m. ET and ending on March 5. Beginning March 11 through March 13 teams can enter into a legal negotiation with players who are will become unrestricted free agents.
In addition to NFL free agency, the new year also marks the beginning of all trades being made official by the league office. April 19 marks the deadline to sign restricted free agents to offer sheets. On April 24, the deadline for teams to match restricted free agent offers sheets hits. Following the restricted free agent deadline follows the 2024 NFL Draft, which runs from April 25-27.