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Ravens Make Tavon Young Highest-Paid Nickel CB With 3-Year Extension Worth Up To $29M

Tavon Young was one of the better mid-round picks of the 2016 NFL Draft, a slightly undersized cornerback drafted by the Baltimore Ravens. It wasn’t long before he took over the nickel cornerback job and then was even given one of the two starting spots, opposite Jimmy Smith.

Young intercepted two passes and had eight passes defensed that year, but he suffered a torn ACL during the following offseason and missed all of 2017. He was able to return last year, starting six of 15 games played in as the nickel defender, where he registered an interception and five passes defensed.