2024 – DT Justin Madubuike

Madubuike had a monster contract year with a team-high 13 sacks, which was also the most in the NFL by any defensive lineman. Madubuike improved every season in Baltimore and has developed into a rare talent at creating pressure from the interior defensive line while also being a strong run defender.

2023 – QB Lamar Jackson

The Ravens placed the non-exclusive tag on Jackson last offseason amid their contract negotiations. That allowed for other teams to still pursue the quarterback if they so desired with the Ravens able to match any offer, but no other suitors materialized. Jackson and the Ravens eventually agreed to a new contract on the first day of the NFL Draft.

2020 – OLB Matthew Judon

Judon got the tag following a breakout 2019 season in which he logged 9.5 sacks – a career-high at that point. He followed it up with six sacks the following season and hit the free-agent market, where he signed with the New England Patriots. Judon then set new career highs in sacks the following two years (12.5 in 2021 and 15.5 in 2022).

2016 – K Justin Tucker

After a strong 2015 season in which Tucker became the fastest kicker in NFL history to score 500 points (60 games), the Ravens placed the tag on him in March. The two sides used the extra time to strike a reported four year, $16.8 million deal in mid-July. It made Tucker the second highest-paid kicker in the league, and his $10.8 million in guaranteed money was a new record for NFL kickers. Tucker showed he was worth the money, as he was voted to his second Pro Bowl in 2016 and became the most accurate kicker in NFL history. He made all 27 of this extra-point attempts and missed just one of his 39 field-goal attempts because it was blocked.

2012 – RB Ray Rice

Following the best season of Rice's career, in which he posted more than 2,000 total yards, the Ravens put the tag on the running back in early March. The two sides reached a five-year, reported $40 million deal in mid-July.

2011 – DT Haloti Ngata

After going to his second straight Pro Bowl, Ngata got tagged in mid-February. It looked like he might play the year out under the tag (as his predecessors McAlister and Suggs had done), but the two sides reached a deal minutes before the deadline, which came two weeks into the season. Ngata signed a five-year deal worth a reported $61 million.

2008 & 2009 – OLB Terrell Suggs

Even after posting a then career-low five sacks in 2007, the Ravens franchised Suggs. In 2008, he posted eight sacks and two interceptions to help Baltimore reach the AFC championship and got the tag again. However, Suggs signed a six-year contract, reportedly worth $63 million that July, making him the highest-paid linebacker in NFL history and keeping him off the free-agent market.

2003 & 2004 – CB Chris McAlister

McAlister logged a career-high 17 pass deflections in 2002 and the Ravens slapped the tag on him for the following season. McAlister went on to have a Pro Bowl season in 2003 and got the tag again before the 2004 campaign. He inked a reported seven-year, $55 million contract in mid-October and went on to have another Pro Bowl year.

1998 – G Wally Williams

After spending two years in Baltimore and starting a combined 23 games over that span, the Ravens put the tag on Williams before the 1998 season. He started 13 games that year (seven at left guard and six at center). Afterwards, he signed a five-year deal with New Orleans. Williams was the first of only two Ravens to be franchised and not get a new deal with Baltimore.