The Baltimore Ravens aim for a consistent offensive line in 2025, hoping to build on 2024’s strong performance in the running game while improving in pass protection. Heading into Week 3 of OTAs, the offensive line has three starting positions locked in, with two vacancies remaining. One of the two vacancies is at left guard following the departure of Patrick Mekari to the Jacksonville Jaguars, with at least three players in contention.
The leading candidate is a former seventh-round pick.
Baltimore Ravens’ seventh-round pick had a rough 2024 season
Andrew Vorhees began the 2024 season as the starting left guard and started the first three games. Unfortunately, he missed Weeks 4 and 5 with an ankle injury and lost the starting spot to Patrick Mekari upon his return, and he has only played 60 snaps since then. Vorhees allowed four pressures, zero quarterback hits, and zero sacks while posting a 63.8 pass-blocking, a 56.1 run-blocking, and a 57.2 overall PFF grade.
He will compete against Ben Cleveland and Garrett Dellinger. So far, Vorhees has received first-team reps with the starting offense throughout OTAs.
Offensive lineman named breakout candidate by PFN
In a PFN article, Jacob Infante goes through each NFL team’s breakout candidate to watch in mandatory minicamp. Infante named Andrew Vorhees for the Baltimore Ravens. He points to Vorhees’s college tape with the USC Trojans and how he should’ve been a Day 2 pick had he not suffered an ACL tear during the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine.
“Andrew Vorhees was likely a Day 2 selection in the 2023 NFL Draft before a torn ACL dropped him to Round 7,” Infante said. “After a quiet start to his career, he can show what he’s made of in 2025.
“With Patrick Mekari leaving for Jacksonville, Vorhees projects as the Baltimore Ravens’ starting left guard this year. He only has three career starters through two years, but his college tape indicates much potential to tap into now that he can break out.”
John Harbaugh still believes in him
“Vorhees has a great shot at that,” Harbaugh said, via Joshua Reed of BaltimoreBeatdown. “He looked really good at the end of the year when he played. There are other guys in there, too, in that mix.
“Pat went in there and played great, and that was the better option, but Andrew was working all the way through and developing and then all of a sudden – boom – he’s back on the field. You guys don’t see the practices, but then he’s back on the field, and he played really well. That was because of all the work between then and when he got his opportunity.”
