The Baltimore Ravens have vastly improved their secondary by securing the shock signing of cornerback Jaire Alexander to a one-year, $6million contract.
Alexander hit free agency earlier this month after the Green Bay Packers, who drafted him in 2018, released him after seven seasons with the team.
The two-time Pro Bowler reportedly turned down more money to reunite with his college teammate at Louisville, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson, per ESPN.
Alexander’s base contract is worth $4million with the possibility of him earning up to $2million incentives.
The Ravens announced the move of signing Alexander on Wednesday, posting pH๏τos to their social media accounts of the cornerback putting pen to paper, as well as a pH๏τo with Jackson and Baltimore general manager Eric DeCosta.
Jackson looks to have been the first Ravens player to greet Alexander upon his arrival in Baltimore. After dapping each other up and hugging, Jackson instructed his reunited teammate to sign a wall with all the other players’ signatures.
The Baltimore Ravens have secured the shock signing of cornerback Jaire Alexander
The two-time Pro Bowler reportedly turned down more money to reunite with Lamar Jackson
Jackson was asked on Tuesday during Ravens minicamp about the possibility of Alexander joining the team, in what turned out to be a bit of foreshadowing.
‘Go get him Eric! I love all our corners, don’t get me wrong, but go get him Eric!’ Jackson said a day before the reunion was official. ‘Yeah, I hit him up. You don’t know, you never know with Jaire. That’s my boy man.’
Jackson and Alexander were teammates at Louisville from 2015 through 2017, with both entering the NFL Draft in 2018.
They were chosen 14 picks apart, with Alexander going to Green Bay at No 18, and Jackson coming off the board as the final pick of the first round at No 32.
The Ravens have yet to make a Super Bowl with Jackson as their quarterback, being one of the main teams held down by the dominance of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Now, Baltimore may have enough weapons with the Louisville reunion to get over that hump.
