Justin Tucker Released by Ravens amid NFL Investigation into Improper Conduct

The Baltimore Ravens released veteran kicker Justin Tucker on Monday after 13 seasons with the team.

The Ravens announced the move and released a statement from executive vice president and general manager Eric DeCosta, calling it a "football decision" that was "incredibly difficult." The team also thanked Tucker for his years of service.

Tucker is currently under league investigation after allegations of sexual misconduct.

In January, an article from The Baltimore Banner's Julie Scharper, Brenna Smith and Justin Fenton detailed accusations of "inappropriate sexual behavior" against Tucker by six massage therapists. In February, seven more massage therapists brought forth allegations against Tucker. A total of 16 massage therapists say Tucker's actions occurred between 2012 and 2016.

In a statement released after the article from The Baltimore Banner, Tucker denied the allegations, calling them "unequivocally false."

Amid the investigation, the Ravens drafted kicker Tyler Loop in the sixth round of the NFL draft last month. On Sunday, Baltimore head coach John Harbaugh addressed having both kickers in the locker room and said any decision made "has to be based on football."

"I would just say from the standpoint of the investigation and all that, we don't know anything," Harbaugh said, via the team's official transcript (h/t NFL.com's Kevin Patra). "We haven't been given any information, as it should be. It's all done the way it's done. So, we don't know anything along those lines, so you can't make any decisions based on that.

"Every decision we make has to be based on football. There's a lot of layers to that. You've got a rookie kicker in here. We took him in the sixth round, early in the sixth round. He's a talented guy. Just from a football standpoint, salary cap, all the different things that you just take into consideration — whatever we decide to do over the next few weeks would be based on football."

Loop, who played for Arizona, made 126 of his 128 extra-point attempts for the Wildcats and had a career field-goal percentage of 83.8. He made seven of his eight attempts between 40 and 49 yards and six of his nine attempts from 50-plus as a senior.

Tucker is a seven-time Pro Bowler, but he struggled in 2024, posting a career-worst 73.3 field-goal percentage and missing two extra points.