Veteran defensive lineman Brent Urban is returning to the Ravens on a one-year deal, he announced Friday on Twitter. Terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Urban, 31, began his career with the Ravens, who took the Ontario native and Virginia product in the fourth round of the 2014 NFL draft. He appeared in 41 games over five years in Baltimore, starting 19 and finishing with 52 tackles (seven for loss) and 3 1/2 sacks.
Urban played for four teams over the next three years, including a short stint in 2019 in Tennessee, where he reunited with former Ravens and Titans defensive coordinator Dean Pees. He signed with the Bears in October 2019, re-signed the following offseason and appeared in all 16 games in 2020 for Chicago, making eight starts at defensive end and posting 36 tackles and 2 1/2 sacks.
After signing a one-year deal with the Dallas Cowboys last offseason, Urban played six games and started four before injuries again derailed his season. He was placed on injured reserve in October with a triceps injury and underwent season-ending surgery in November.
The 6-foot-7 Urban was a solid run defender in Baltimore, but he struggled to stay healthy. He tore his ACL as a rookie, tore his biceps in 2015 and suffered a Lisfranc (foot) injury that required surgery in 2017.
Urban, who lined up primarily as a three-technique lineman in Dallas, aligned over the opposing guard’s outside shoulder, joins a crowded room in Baltimore. Michael Pierce and rookie Travis Jones are expected to share snaps at nose tackle, with Calais Campbell, Justin Madubuike, Derek Wolfe and Broderick Washington competing for snaps elsewhere along the interior.
Urban will also reunite with former college teammate Morgan Moses in Baltimore. At the right tackle’s introductory news conference in March, Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta recalled scouting Moses and Urban at Virginia. Two months later, he has both.
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