Patrick Ricard‘s Baltimore tenure will continue in 2025. The Pro Bowl fullback has a new deal in place with the Ravens, Dianna Russini of The Athletic reports. 
This will be a one-year pact, Russini notes. It is guaranteed in full, though. Ricard has been with the team his entire eight-year career, and he is set to remain a key figure on the team’s offense. The team has since confirmed the news.
After entering the league as an undrafted free agent, Ricard initially saw time as a defensive tackle in addition to his usage as a fullback. After splitting his reps between the two positions for a period, the Maine product turned his attention to full-time offensive duties. He has operated solely as a fullback since 2020, earning a total of five Pro Bowl nods for his work in that capacity during his career.
Ricard has added a pair of All-Pro honors to his resume, including a first-team nod in 2024. The 30-year-old has never topped 90 scrimmage yards in a season, and he has caught only seven total touchdown passes. Ricard has remained a central blocking figure in Baltimore’s run game, however, including the past two years (with offensive coordinator Todd Monken at the helm).
During Greg Roman‘s OC tenure, Ricard’s offensive snap share rose as high as 64%. That figure has fallen to 39% for each of the past two years as a reflection of the changes brought about by Monken’s arrival. The latter signed a new deal last month, so Ricard faced questions about his future not only as a pending free agent but as candidate to be phased out of the offense to an even larger extent. For at least one more season, though, he will remain in place.
Ricard landed a two-year deal in 2019, then inked a three-year pact in 2022. Between those two deals, he earned a total of $9.8MM in guarantees. It will be interesting to see how the finances of this one-year contract compare since it fully consists of locked-in compensation.