Ravens sign first-round pick Zay Flowers to rookie contract
BALTIMORE - The Baltimore Ravens have agreed to a contract with first-round draft pick Zay Flowers.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the contract is four years, fully guaranteed $14 million with a $7.2 million signing bonus.
Ravens’ first-round pick Zay Flowers reached agreement on a four-year, $14 million fully guaranteed contract with a $7.2 million signing bonus to be paid in 2023, per his agents Eric Dounn and Matt Leist of @LAASportsEnt.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 14, 2023
Flowers, a quick and elusive wide receiver, was selected by the Ravens with the 22nd overall pick in April's NFL Draft.
Listed at 5 feet, 10 inches, he caught 78 passes last season with Boston College for 1,077 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Contract signed 🖊️@ZayFlowers pic.twitter.com/z7iioSMOj8
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) June 14, 2023
NFL Network compared Flowers to former Ravens wide receiver Steve Smith.
He runs the 40-yard dash in 4.42 seconds.
The Ravens have their final mandatory minicamp on Thursday and training camp begins in late July.
Flowers is expected to bring explosiveness to a wide receiver group that includes Odell Beckham Jr., Nelson Agholor, Rashod Bateman and Loquan Treadwell.