Baltimore reached the status after the Miami Dolphins signed defensive tackle Zach Sieler to a big extension on Sunday.
Sieler was a seventh-round pick for the Ravens in 2018, spending only one season with the team before Miami claimed him off waivers in 2019.
Only two players from this Ravens draft class are still on the team.
Here is how the entire draft class (in order of being drafted) stacked up in terms of average salary from future contracts (past their rookie deals):
Hayden Hurst: $7.25 million
Lamar Jackson: $52 million
Orlando Brown Jr.: $16 million
Mark Andrews: $14 million
Anthony Averett: $4 million
DeShon Elliott: $6.25 million
Bradley Bozeman: $6 million
Zach Sieler: $22 million
Darious Williams: $10 million (undrafted free agent)
Gus Edwards: $5 million (undrafted free agent)
Where are they now?
Hayden Hurst (TE): The Ravens' first pick in the 2018 draft is currently a free agent. After two years in Baltimore, Hurst was traded to the Atlanta Falcons, where he spent the final two years on his rookie deal.
Hurst signed a one-year deal with the Cincinnati Bengals for $3.5 million as a free agent before going on to sign the biggest contract of his career (three years, $21.75 million) with the Carolina Panthers. However, Hurst was released following the first year (2023) after refusing to take a pay cut, which led him to sign with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2024.
Lamar Jackson (QB): Baltimore's second, and best, pick of the 2018 NFL Draft is now a two-time MVP and three-time All-Pro franchise quarterback for the Ravens who is currently on a five-year, $260 million contract.
After his rookie deal was up, Baltimore placed a $32 million franchise tag on Jackson before inking him to the massive extension.
Orlando Brown Jr. (OT): Taken in the third round, 83rd overall, Brown Jr. was traded to the Kansas City Chiefs, where he spent the final year (2021) of his rookie deal. The Chiefs would go on to give Brown Jr. the franchise tag for 2022, which was worth $16.662 million.
Brown Jr. would win a Super Bowl with the Chiefs before he signed a four-year, $64.092 million contract with the Cincinnati Bengals as a free agent in 2023. He will be an unrestricted free agent in 2027.
Mark Andrews (TE): The second tight end the Ravens took in the 2018 draft ended up becoming one of the best in the entire NFL. After playing out the first three of four years on his rookie deal with Baltimore, the All-Pro tight end signed a four-year, $56 million extension and will be a free agent after this upcoming season.
At the time, Andrews' extension made him the highest-paid tight end in the NFL on a per-year basis.
Anthony Averett (S): The fourth-round safety the Ravens has been a merry of one-year deals after his four years in Baltimore following his rookie contract. In 2022, Averett signed a one-year deal worth $4 million with the Las Vegas Raiders, where he played a career-low seven games.
A year later, he signed his second one-year deal, but this time with the San Francisco 49ers. Unfortunately, Averett was placed on injured reserve then later released, not playing in a single game. In 2024, he signed another one-year deal worth $1.125 million with the Pittsburgh Steelers, where he was released, signed to the practice squad, then placed on the IR before being released again.
Now, the safety is currently on the Houston Texans after signing a one-year deal worth $1.117 million. Averett has not played a regular-season game since 2022.
DeShon Elliott (S): After missing his entire rookie season after fracturing his arm, Elliott would finish out his rookie year deal in Baltimore before signing a one-year, $1.1 million deal with the Detroit Lions in 2022 and a one-year, $1.77 million deal with the Miami Dolphins in 2023.
He signed a two-year, $6 million deal with the Steelers in 2024, where he had his best year with a career-high 108 tackles. Elliott then signed a two-year, $12.5 million extension with the Steelers, keeping him in Pittsburgh through 2027.
Bradley Bozeman (OL): Bozeman saw solid success and was a prominent piece in the Ravens offensive line under his rookie contract (2018-2021). But, Bozeman signed with the Panthers for one year, $2.8 million in 2022, before eventually signing a new deal with them for three years, $18 million in 2023.
However, after one year into that deal, he was cut by the Panthers. So Bozeman signed a one-year deal worth $1.125 million with the Los Angeles Chargers in 2024. He signed a new two-year, $6.5 million deal with the Chargers this offseason that'll keep him on the team through the 2026 season.
Zach Sieler (DT): As previously shown, Sieler signed a new contract extension with the Miami Dolphins. However, prior to his big new extension, Sieler signed his first contract with the Dolphins when he signed a two-year, $7.63 million extension that kept him on the team through 2023.
From there, Sieler received his second extension with the team for three years, $30 million, before ultimately signing his recent big extension. Sieler is coming off back-to-back 10-sack seasons for the Dolphins and has developed into one of the NFL's top interior defensive linemen.
Darious Williams (CB): After a very less-than-promising start with the Ravens, where he was released after four games his rookie season as an undrafted free agent (three-year deal), Williams went on to have success with the Los Angeles Rams.
He posted 175 tackles, 69 pass deflections, and 11 interceptions in 55 games (37 starts), also becoming a Super Bowl champion, the second from this draft class. Williams would sign a tender to stay on the Rams for the 2021 season before ultimately signing the biggest deal of his career in 2022 with the Jacksonville Jaguars - three years, $30 million.
After his contract was up in Jacksonville, Williams went back to the Rams on a three-year, $22.5 million deal that expires after the 2026 season.
Gus Edwards (RB): Edwards joined Jackson and Andrews as the only players from this class to play for the Ravens after their first few years with the team. From 2018-2020, the Ravens tagged him as an exclusive rights free agent each season before ultimately signing him to a tender worth $3.384 million in 2021.
Baltimore then signed him to a two-year, $9 million extension afterwards that same year. However, Edwards went on to join the Los Angeles Chargers on a two-year, $6.5 million deal after having a career year in Baltimore with 990 total yards and 13 total touchdowns.
He was ultimately released by the Chargers after the 2024 season and is now a free agent.