TRANSACTIONS: Selected by Baltimore Ravens in the first round (25th overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft, April 28, 2022…Signed by Las Vegas Raiders as an unrestricted free agent, Mach 12, 2026.
CAREER: Three-time Pro Bowl center enters his fifth season in the NFL and first season with the Las Vegas Raiders after being signed as an unrestricted free agent in March…Initially entered the NFL as a first-round draft pick (25th overall) by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2022 NFL Draft…Has started in all 66 games he has played in since entering the NFL in 2022 – all with the Ravens, one of 37 players in the NFL to start in 66+ games over that span…Part of an offensive line in Baltimore that helped pave the way for a top two rushing offense in the NFL for each of his four seasons with the club (2022-25)…Has allowed just 10.0 sacks since entering the NFL in 2022 on 2,115 career pass-blocking snaps, the fourth fewest sacks allowed among centers (min. 2,000 snaps), despite blocking 1-on-1 in 44.0% of his snaps – the fourth highest rate in the NFL…Since being drafted in 2022, tied for the second most wins above replacement (1.15) among centers and ranks fourth in PFF overall grade (87.0) among qualified centers…Last season (2025), started in all 17 games at center as part of an offensive line that helped the Ravens record a league-high 5.3 yards per carry and 156.6 rushing yards per game, the second-best mark in the NFL…Allowed a pressure in an average of 3.64 seconds according to Next Gen Stats, the second-longest time to pressure allowed among centers in 2025 (min. 250 pass block snaps), en route to his third-straight Pro Bowl selection…In 2024, started at center in all 17 games, earning his second-straight Pro Bowl selection after blocking for a Ravens offense that led the NFL in yards per game (424.9), yards per play (6.8 – third-best single-season mark in NFL history) and red zone efficiency (74.2%) as well as the third most points per game (30.5)…Also helped Baltimore set a franchise single-season record with 7,224 total net yards…Also helped the Ravens average an NFL-best 187.6 rushing yards per game and 5.8 yards per carry, which was also the best mark in a single season in NFL history…In 2023, started at center in 15 games as part of an offensive line that paved the way for the NFL's best rushing offense (156.6 rush ypg) and the fourth-best scoring offense (28.4 points per game), earning his first Pro Bowl…Helped Baltimore rush for over 100 yards in each of the 15 contests he played in…Started at center in all 17 games as a rookie in 2022, helping the Ravens average 160.0 rushing yards per game, the second best mark in the NFL, en route to PFWA All-Rookie team honors.
2025 (with Bal.): Started in all 17 games at center as part of an offensive line that helped the Ravens record a league-high 5.3 yards per carry as well as 156.6 rushing yards per game, the second-best mark in the NFL…Allowed a pressure in an average of 3.64 seconds according to Next Gen Stats, the second-longest time to pressure allowed among centers in 2025 (min. 250 pass block snaps), en route to his third-straight Pro Bowl selection…According to Next Gen Stats, only allowed 16 pressures in 253 snaps blocking in 1-on-1 situations, the second fewest among players with at least 250 1-on-1 snaps…(9/7) at Buf.: Started at center and blocked for a Ravens offense that totaled a season-high 432 yards (238 rushing and 194 passing) and five total touchdowns…Helped Baltimore register its ninth-straight game with 150+ rushing yards (including the postseason), which at the time was tied for the NFL's longest streak over the last 50 seasons…(9/14) vs. Cle.: Started at center and helped the Ravens offense score 41 points, tied for the most in a game in 2025…(9/22) vs. Det.: Started at center…(9/28) at KC: Started at center and blocked for the Ravens' 166 total rushing yards…(10/5) vs. Hou.: Started at center as part of an offensive line that allowed just one sack, tied for the fewest in a game in 2025…(10/12) vs. LAR: Started at center and blocked for 179 total rushing yards…(10/26) vs. Chi.: Started at center and helped the Ravens rush for 177 yards in the win…(10/30) at Mia.: Started at center and helped the Ravens record 338 total yards, including 150 rushing yards…(11/9) at Min.: Started at center on an offensive line that allowed just one sack in the game, tied for the fewest allowed in a game in 2025…(11/16) at Cle.: Started at center and helped the Ravens rush for 184 total rushing yards…(11/23) vs. NYJ: Started at center as part of an offensive line that allowed just one sack in the win…(11/27) vs. Cin.: Started at center…(12/7) vs. Pit.: Started at center and helped pave the way for 420 total yards of offense, including 217 rushing yards…Also allowed zero sacks and just one pressure on 40 pass blocking snaps (2.5%)…(12/14) at Cin.: Started at center and helped pave the way for 189 total rushing yards…(12/21) vs. NE: Started at center and helped the offensive line allow just one sack…(12/27) at GB: Started at center, helping block for an offense that totaled 414 net yards, including 307 rushing yards, the fourth most in a single game in Ravens history…Also helped the Ravens offense record 22 rushing first downs, the most in a single game in franchise history…(1/4/26) at Pit.: Started at center and helped the Ravens offense average 7.5 yards per play.
2024 (with Bal.): Started at center in all 17 games, earning his second-straight Pro Bowl selection after allowing just one sack on 537 pass blocking snaps, tied for the fewest among centers in the NFL (min. 500 pass blocking snaps)…Also blocked for a Ravens offense that led the NFL in yards per game (424.9), yards per play (6.8 – third-best single-season mark in NFL history) and red zone efficiency (74.2%) as well as the third most points per game (30.5)…Also helped Baltimore set a franchise single-season record with 7,224 total net yards…Also helped the Ravens average an NFL-best 187.6 rushing yards per game and 5.8 yards per carry, which was also the best mark in a single season in NFL history…(9/5) at KC: Started at center, leading a unit that helped produce 452 total yards of offence (185 rushing and 267 passing) and 5.8 yards per carry…(9/15) vs. LV: Started at center and helped block for the Ravens' 383 total offensive yards, including 151 rushing yards…(9/22) at Dal.: Started at center, helping block for an offense that totaled 456 yards (274 rushing and 182 passing) and four touchdowns in the 28-25 win…At the time, Baltimore's 274 rushing yards marked the 10th-most rushing yards in single-game franchise history…(9/29) vs. Buf.: Started at center, blocking for an offense that totaled 427 yards (271 rushing and 156 passing) and five touchdowns in the 35-10 win…Helped the Ravens average 7.97 yards per carry, which ranked as the third-best mark in single-game franchise history…(10/6) at Cin.: Started at center, blocking for an offense that totaled 520 (345 passing and 175 rushing) yards in the 41-38 OT win…Baltimore's 520 total yards marked the seventh most in franchise history at the time…Helped the Ravens become the fifth team since 1980 with at least 1,000 rushing yards through their first five games of a season…(10/13) vs. Was.: Started at center, helping block for an offense that totaled 484 yards (308 passing and 176 rushing) and three touchdowns in the 30-23 win…Helped Baltimore register an NFL-record sixth-straight game with at least 150 yards and 1 touchdown each through the air and on the ground…(10/21) at TB: Started at center, blocking for an offense that totaled 508 yards (ninth-best single-game total in franchise history) and five touchdowns in the 41-31 win…Helped the Ravens offense average 9.4 yards per play, setting a franchise record…Also paved the way for 8.1 yards per carry, the third-highest mark in single-game franchise history…(10/27) at Cle.: Started at center and helped block for 124 rushing yards, the eighth-consecutive game with 100+ rushing yards for the Ravens in 2024…(11/3) vs. Den.: Started at center, blocking for an offense that totaled five touchdowns in the 41-10 win…Blocked for QB Lamar Jackson that recorded 14.2 yards gained per pass attempt (269 yards on 19 attempts), the third-best mark in single-game franchise history…Also helped Jackson set an NFL record with his fourth-career game with a perfect 158.3 passer rating (min. 15 attempts)…(11/7) vs. Cin.: Started at center on an offensive line that didn't allow a sack in the win…(11/17) at Pit.: Started at center and helped block for 124 rushing yards…(11/25) at LAC: Blocked for an offense that totaled 30 points and 389 yards, including 212 rushing yards, their fourth game in 2024 with 200+ rushing yards…(12/1) vs. Phi.: Started at center…(12/15) at NYG: Started at center, helping block for an offense that totaled 445 yards and 5 touchdowns and converted on a season-high 81.8% of third down attempts (9-of-11) third-down attempts…(12/21) vs. Pit.: Started at center, blocking for an offense that totaled 418 yards (198 passing & 220 rushing), helping Baltimore become the first team in NFL history to register at least 3,500 passing yards and 2,500 rushing yards through the first 15 games of a season…Also part of a Ravens offense that tallied at least 30 points for a franchise-record ninth time on the season…(12/25) at Hou.: Started at center and helped Baltimore reach over 400 yards of total offense for a franchise-record ninth time in 2024…Also helped the Ravens averaged at least 7.0 yards per play for the seventh time in 2024, tied for the most of such games in a single season in NFL history…(1/4/25) vs. Cle.: Started at center, helping pave the way for 6.3 yards per carry, the 14th time in 2024 with at least 5.0 yards per carry in a game, setting a new franchise record…Postseason: (1/11/25) vs. Pit.: Started at center, helping block for a Ravens playoff-record 299 rushing yards, in the 28-14 Wild Card win…(1/19/25) at Buf.: Started at center and blocked for 416 total offensive yards, including 176 rushing yards and 240 passing yards in the Divisional Round.
2023 (with Bal.): Started at center in 15 games and earned his first Pro Bowl nod as part of an offensive line that paved the way for the NFL's best rushing offense (156.6 rush ypg) and the fourth-best scoring offense (28.4 points per game)…Helped Baltimore rush for over 100 yards in each of the 15 contests he played in…Allowed just 0.5 sack in 502 pass blocking snaps, the third fewest among centers (min. 500 pass blocking snaps)…(9/10) vs. Hou.: Started at center before leaving the game in the fourth quarter with an ankle injury…(9/17) at Cin.: inactive with an ankle injury…(9/24) vs. Ind.: Inactive with an ankle injury…(10/1) at Cle.: Returned to the starting lineup and helped block for 131 rushing yards…(10/8) at Pit.: Started at center and allowed zero pressures in 46 pass-blocking snaps…(10/15) at Ten.: Started at center and credited for one pressure in 37 pass-blocking snaps…(10/22) vs. Det.: Started at center, helping QB Lamar Jackson complete 21-of-27 passes for a season-high 357 yards and three touchdowns, while adding one rushing touchdown…(10/29) at Ari.: Started at center, helping block for an offense that rushed for 130 yards and scored touchdowns on all four red zone trips, including a career-high three rushing touchdowns by RB Gus Edwards…(11/5) vs. Sea.: Started at center, blocking for a rushing attack that produced a season-best 298 yards and three touchdowns…(11/12) vs. Cle.: Started at center…(11/16) vs. Cin.: Allowed just two pressures in 36 pass-blocking snaps…(11/26) at LAC: Started at center and helped block for 197 total rushing yards…(12/10) vs. LAR: Started at center and helped block for 449 total yards of offense, including 310 passing yards and 139 rushing yards…(12/17) at Jax.: Started at center, blocking for an offense that rushed for 251 yards and one touchdown in the playoff-clinching win…Baltimore's 251 rushing yards marked the 30th-straight game with 100+ rushing yards as a team, tying for the fourth-longest streak since the 1970 merger…(12/25) at SF: Started at center…(12/31) vs. Mia.: Started at center, blocking for an offense that produced 491 yards of offense and a season-high 56 points to clinch the AFC's top seed…Baltimore's 56 points also marked the second-highest total in franchise history and the most points ever scored at M&T Bank Stadium…(1/6/24) vs. Pit.: Started at center…Postseason: (1/20/24) vs. Hou.: Started at center, helping block for a Ravens offense that scored twice through the air and twice on the ground, while producing the third-highest postseason rushing mark (229 yards) in franchise history in the Divisional Round win…(1/28) vs. KC: Started at center and allowed just one pressure on 46 pass blocking snaps in the AFC Championship.
2022 (with Bal.): Started at center in all 17 games, helping the Ravens average 160.0 rushing yards per game, the second-best mark in the NFL, en route to PFWA All-Rookie team honors…Allowed just 26 pressures on 567 pass-blocking snaps (4.6%)…His 4.6% QB pressure rate allowed ranked tied for eighth among centers (min. 500 pass-blocking snaps)…(9/11) at NYJ: Made his NFL debut and started at center in the 24-9 victory…(9/18) vs. Mia.: Started at center, helping QB Lamar Jackson throw for 318 yards and rush for 119 rushing yards…(9/25) at NE: Started at center, blocking on an O-line that helped Baltimore rush for a 188 yards and one touchdown on 26 carries (7.2 avg.) in the 37-26 win…Allowed zero pressures on 35 pass blocking snaps…(10/2) vs. Buf.: Started at center and allowed zero pressures on 38 pass-blocking snaps…(10/9) vs. Cin.: Started at center and allowed just one pressure on 34 pass-blocking snaps…(10/16) at NYG: Started at center and helped block for a Ravens rushing attack that gained 211 yards on 24 carries, averaging a single-game franchise-record 8.8 yards per attempt…(10/27) at TB: Started at center and helped pave the way for 453 total yards of offense, including a season-high 231 rushing yards…(11/7) at NO: Started at center and blocked for an offense that eclipsed 150 rushing yards (188) for the eighth-consecutive game and finished 9-of-15 (60%) on third downs…(11/20) vs. Car.: Started at center and allowed just one pressure on 37 pass-blocking snaps…(11/27) at Jax.: Started at center and allowed zero pressures on 38 pass-blocking snaps…(12/4) vs. Den.: Started at center…(12/11) at Pit.: Started at center and helped pave the way for 215 rushing yards…(12/17) at Cle.: Started at center and helped block for 1198 rushing yards…(12/24) vs. Atl.: Started at center and blocked for a rushing attack that posted 184 yards on 34 attempts (5.4 avg.)…Also part of an offensive line that allowed zero sacks and zero quarterback hits…(1/1/23) vs. Pit.: Started at center and helped block for 120 rushing yards…(1/8/23) at Cin.: Started at center…Postseason: (1/15/23) at Cin.: Started at center and helped block for 155 total rushing yards in the Wild Card Round.
COLLEGE: Played in 37 career games (35 starts) over four seasons at Iowa (2018-21)…As a senior, was named the Rimington Trophy winner, awarded to the best center in college football and was a unanimous All-American…Two-time first-team All-Big Ten honors (2020-21)…Began his collegiate career as a defensive tackle at Iowa before shifting to the offensive line after redshirting his true freshman season (2018).
PERSONAL: Attended Solon (Iowa) High School, where he was a three-year letterman on the football team, playing on both the offensive and defensive lines…As a senior captain, was named a U.S. Army All-American and earned first-team All-State as a center after finishing with 37 tackles, three tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks to earn District defensive MVP honors…Also earned four letters in baseball, three letters in wrestling, three letters in track, one letter in basketball and one letter in golf.
ADDITIONAL STATISTICS: Fumble recoveries – 1 in 2022, 1 in 2023, 2 in 2024. NFL Totals: 4.
