Ravens, CB Tavon Young rework contract

Ravens cornerback Tavon Young agreed to a reworked deal, as ESPN.com’s Field Yates tweets. Now, $2.514M of his 2020 base salary will be converted to a signing bonus. Meanwhile, his non-guaranteed $5.5M base salary in 2021 was reduced to a guaranteed $2.65M.

It seems like a reasonable tradeoff for Young, who has been plagued by injuries. The Temple product missed all of last season with a neck injury in 2019. This year, a Week 2 injury forced him out of action. He also missed the entire 2017 season with a torn ACL, so his injury history is now pretty extensive.

Young started 11 games as a rookie in 2016, then played a big role in 2018 again while making six starts. His contributions as the team’s slot corner earned him a three-year, $25.8M extension in February of 2019. To date, he’s played just two games since inking deal, which runs through the 2022 season.

The Ravens, meanwhile, have picked up some much-needed cap space in the wake of their recent big-money extensions.