Mark Andrews Signs 3-Year Extension With Ravens

The deal squashes more than a year of rumors about Andrews’s future with the team.

Mark Andrews #89 of the Baltimore Ravens walks off the field after the game against the Cleveland Browns at Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Nov. 16, 2025 Nick Cammett/Getty Images

After more than a year of drama, the Baltimore Ravens have locked up tight end Mark Andrews for the long haul, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta announced on Dec. 3.

The 30-year-old tight end was in a difficult spot. He was in the final year of his contract and had a costly drop in the Divisional Round of last season’s playoffs, both of which called his future with the team into question. The Ravens made their position clear when they signed him to a three-year extension, reportedly worth $39.3 million.

“We are excited and proud to announce a three-year contract extension with Mark Andrews,” DeCosta said in a statement via the team’s official website. “Mark is an all-time Raven—a top competitor and Pro Bowl tight end who is also a big part of our Baltimore community. Congratulations to Mark and his family!”

According to Spotrac, the deal includes $26,000,000 in guaranteed money. It is the ninth-highest contract for a tight end in terms of total value, and sixth-highest in average annual value.

Andrews was drafted by the Ravens in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft, the same year as quarterback Lamar Jackson. In his eight seasons, he has become a reliable pair of hands for Jackson. He led the team in receptions in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. He had his best season as a Raven in 2021, catching 107 passes for 1,361 yards and 9 touchdowns. That performance earned him the Ravens franchise record for both receptions and yards in a season.

Andrews owns several other franchise records, including receiving yards, touchdowns, and receptions, which he set in last week’s loss to the Cincinnati Bengals. He set the single-season franchise record for receiving touchdowns by a tight end with 11 last season. He is a three-time Pro Bowler and earned a first-team All-Pro nod in 2021.

Andrews was humble about the records.

“I just continue to do my job,” he said, via the team website. “I just feel incredibly blessed; one, to be a part of such an amazing organization throughout these last eight years, and the incredible players that I’ve been able to take part with and play with and grow with.”

Andrews found himself on the other end of some serious questions at the end of last year. In the Divisional Round of the playoffs against the Buffalo Bills, Andrews had a critical fumble in the fourth quarter, then dropped the would-be game-tying two-point conversion.

The gaffes called Andrews’s future into question at the time, but head coach John Harbaugh defended Andrews from the criticism.

“Mark Andrews is one of the very best football players,” he said in January, via the Ravens’ website. “One of the most committed football players. Nobody cares more about the success of this football team than Mark Andrews.”

“Mark Andrews is a great football player and he’s also a very tough-minded individual. So, yeah, he takes it hard because he cares so much. But I love Mark Andrews. Eric loves Mark. All of our players love Mark.”

Lamar Jackson also defended Andrews in the preseason.

“I’ve been seeing my guy getting talked about, and I really don’t like that because he’s done so much for us,” Jackson said in June. “How people did him, I just don’t like that, because Mark’s still Mark.”

Andrews was rumored to be a cut candidate in the offseason and a trade piece in the early part of the regular season.

Extending Andrews puts the Ravens in something of a precarious position at tight end next season. Fellow tight ends Isaiah Likely and Charlie Kolar are both in the final year of their respective contracts.

The Ravens have $58 million in cap space in 2026, but with many pending free agents—including edge rushers Dre'Mont Jones, Kyle Van Noy, and David Ojabo; defensive lineman Travis Jones; safety Alohi Gilman; center Tyler Linderbaum, guard Daniel Faalele, and fullback Patrick Ricard—the Ravens will have some difficult decisions to make.