Ravens Insider: Former Ravens kicker Justin Tucker reportedly drawing interest from teams

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Justin Tucker’s NFL career might not be over.

The suspended former Ravens star is working out at his alma mater, the University of Texas, and has already drawn interest from several teams, according to a report Saturday from the NFL Network.

Tucker’s Ravens career came to a shocking end in May when Baltimore released him amid an NFL investigation into several sexual misconduct allegations brought against the kicker earlier this year. In June, the 35-year-old was suspended for the first 10 weeks of the 2025 regular season for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy. He will be eligible for reinstatement on Nov. 11.

The league did not release details of its findings, though that is often typical of its investigations unless a player files an appeal and the case goes in front of a disciplinary officer.

Tucker was released by the Ravens about three months after more than a dozen female massage therapists accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior at several Baltimore-area spas and wellness centers. The team called the move a “football decision” in a statement from general manager Eric DeCosta. The statement made no mention of the allegations against Tucker, who has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

In a statement released in February, Tucker said the he’s devastated that “anyone I have worked with would not have felt respected and valued as a professional, but more importantly as a person.”

“To anyone who has felt otherwise, I am sorry,” Tucker continued. “I want you to know I am committed to ensuring that everyone I interact with continues to feel that I respect them and care about them as a human being.”

The NFL’s ruling was delivered five months after The Baltimore Banner first reported that six massage therapists said Tucker exposed his genitals, brushed two of them with his exposed penis and left what was believed to be ejaculate on the massage table following three of his treatments. In all, more than a dozen massage therapists made similar allegations, with all of the alleged incidents having taken place between 2012 and 2016.

Tucker had been the Ravens’ kicker since 2012, was one of the faces of the franchise and has long been considered one of the greatest kickers in the history of the sport and a likely Pro Football Hall of Fame selection. Before he was released, he had three years remaining on a four-year, $24 million contract extension that he signed in August 2022.

The Ravens drafted Arizona kicker Tyler Loop in the fifth round of April’s draft, and he won the competition with undrafted free agent John Hoyland over the summer. The rookie is 7-for-7 on field goal attempts to begin his career with one missed extra point but has also struggled with kickoffs.

In 13 seasons, Tucker made 89.1% of his field goal attempts, which currently ranks second in league history behind the Los Angeles Chargers’ Cameron Dicker, who has a 94.3% rate across just 105 attempts in four seasons. But Tucker struggled last season, making a career-low 73.3% of his field goal attempts and missing two extra point attempts.

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