Veteran defensive lineman Brent Urban is returning to the Ravens on a one-year deal, he announced Friday on Twitter. Terms of the contract weren’t disclosed.
Urban, 31, started his profession with the Ravens, who took the Ontario native and Virginia product within the fourth spherical of the 2014 NFL draft. He appeared in 41 video games over 5 years in Baltimore, beginning 19 and ending with 52 tackles (seven for loss) and three 1/2 sacks.
Urban performed for 4 groups over the subsequent three years, together with a brief stint in 2019 in Tennessee, the place he reunited with former Ravens and Titans defensive coordinator Dean Pees. He signed with the Bears in October 2019, re-signed the next offseason and appeared in all 16 video games in 2020 for Chicago, making eight begins at defensive finish and posting 36 tackles and a pair of 1/2 sacks.
After signing a one-year cope with the Dallas Cowboys final offseason, Urban performed six video games and began 4 earlier than accidents once more derailed his season. He was positioned on injured reserve in October with a triceps damage and underwent season-ending surgical procedure in November.
The 6-foot-7 Urban was a strong run defender in Baltimore, however he struggled to remain wholesome. He tore his ACL as a rookie, tore his biceps in 2015 and suffered a Lisfranc (foot) damage that required surgical procedure in 2017.
Urban, who lined up primarily as a three-technique lineman in Dallas, aligned over the opposing guard’s exterior shoulder, joins a crowded room in Baltimore. Michael Pierce and rookie Travis Jones are anticipated to share snaps at nostril sort out, with Calais Campbell, Justin Madubuike, Derek Wolfe and Broderick Washington competing for snaps elsewhere alongside the inside.
Urban can even reunite with former school teammate Morgan Moses in Baltimore. At the correct sort out’s introductory information convention in March, Ravens common supervisor Eric DeCosta recalled scouting Moses and Urban at Virginia. Two months later, he has each.
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Source: www.bostonherald.com