30 Most Important Ravens of 2025: No. 23 Andrew Vorhees
The Baltimore Ravens are gearing up for the 2025 NFL season, which features plenty of new and returning faces within the organization. Several players, coaches, and front-office members are crucial to the team's success this season.
Every day from now until the start of training camp, we're counting down our 30 Most Important Ravens for the 2025 season. We'll recap their 2024 season, look ahead to 2025, and tackle the most significant question facing them this year.
Next up is Andrew Vorhees, a talented third-year offensive guard who'll look to finally carve out a starting role after losing his battle to Patrick Mekari following an ankle injury that cost him two games in 2024.
Background
Position: OL
Age: 26
Experience: 3rd-year pro
2025 cap hit: $1,055,528
2024 recap
Patrick Mekari took his talents to Jacksonville, leaving a void at left guard. Vorhees was the initial starter at left guard in 2024 before suffering an injury and getting benched in favor of Mekari for Weeks 4 and 5, before the move was made permanent.
2025 outlook
After Baltimore completed minicamp, Ravens head coach John Harbaugh confirmed that Andrew Vorhees and Ben Cleveland will compete for the starting left guard job during training camp. In his second season, Vorhees had a 57.2 grade according to PFF and a run block grade of 56.1, which ranked 100th out of 136 qualified players.
Biggest question: Can Vorhees develop into an efficient starter at right guard?
Baltimore's roster has few holes, and competition will be fierce for several key positions that will start to take shape during training camp in late July. After missing all of his rookie season with a torn ACL, the 2023 seventh-round pick played 268 snaps in 2024, earning a 57.2 PFF overall grade. He'll enter this season as the weak link on an offensive line primed to put Derrick Henry in position for a 2,000-yard rushing season.
30 Most Important Ravens of 2025
We're counting down our 30 Most Important Ravens of 2025. Check back every day leading up to the start of training camp.
No. 30 QB Cooper Rush, No. 29 OLB Tavius Robinson, No. 28 Keaton Mitchell, No. 27 Trenton Simpson, No. 26 Mike Green, No. 25 Travis Jones, No. 24 Daniel Faalele
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