The Ravens moved quickly to patch an opening at offensive tackle, signing veteran Kendall Lamm after a workout Monday, according to the NFL’s daily transaction report. The addition comes after Hakeem Adeniji’s sudden retirement over the weekend left Baltimore short on depth.
Lamm, 34, is set to begin his 12th NFL season and arrives with a long track record as a plug-in tackle. He spent the past four years in Miami, where he logged 46 total appearances and made 15 starts across the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Last year, he was on the field in 13 games, though his workload was limited to seven offensive snaps and 52 snaps on special teams.
Most of his career resume was built in Houston. Lamm first landed with the Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2015 and made the 53-man roster as a rookie while working as the team’s swing tackle. He held that same job for the next two seasons before taking over at right tackle in 2018, the only year he was a full-time starter.
After his Texans stint ended in 2019, Lamm signed a two-year deal with Cleveland and again filled the swing tackle role. He did the same in Tennessee during the 2021 season.
Through it all, he has generally drawn solid pass-blocking marks from Pro Football Focus, with a 5.9% pressure rate and a 96.5 pass blocking efficiency. For context, Ronnie Stanley owns a 5.5% pressure rate and a 97.0 PBE, while Roger Rosengarten sits at 6.3% and 96.5 in each category.
Baltimore’s urgency at the position was obvious after Adeniji’s abrupt exit. The 28-year-old had just signed with the Ravens last week and took part in Saturday’s training camp practice at the University of Maryland’s SECU Stadium. Head coach Jesse Minter called the departure a “personal situation” and said the team would move quickly to replace him, a sign Lamm’s arrival was already being lined up.
The Ravens also took a look at two other tackles Monday: Jake Curhan and Nicholas Petit-Frere. Curhan, 28, started one game for the Panthers last season and two for the Bears in 2024, and before that spent three years in Seattle, mostly at right tackle.
Petit-Frere, a former Titans third-round pick from Ohio State in 2022, started 16 games at right tackle as a rookie, then missed most of the next season because of injury and a six-game gambling suspension. In 2024, he started 10 games and posted a 92.7 PBE that ranked 83rd out of 84 tackles with at least 300 snaps.
He did not play last year.
There’s still room for Lamm to carve out a job in Baltimore. The Ravens have 2025 fifth-round pick Carson Vinson penciled in as the backup left tackle while he develops into a possible successor for Stanley, and offensive line coach Dwayne Ledford said Monday the team is hoping 2024 third-rounder Emery Jones can help at right guard and tackle this season, with tackle being his college spot at LSU. Lamm brings proven right tackle depth and nearly 1,000 career snaps on the blind side, which gives him a real path to a 53-man roster spot this summer.
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