Patrick Mekari

KEY TRANSACTIONS

• Signed by Baltimore as a rookie free agent following the 2019 draft
• Signed a contract with Baltimore on 12/30/21
• Signed with Jacksonville on 3/13/25

KEY TRANSACTIONS

• Signed by Baltimore as a rookie free agent following the 2019 draft
• Signed a contract with Baltimore on 12/30/21
• Signed with Jacksonville on 3/13/25

PRO

2024 (Ravens)

• Started all 17 games (14 at left guard and three at right tackle) in 2024, blocking for an offense that ranked No. 1 in the NFL in yards per game (424.9), yards per play (6.8) and red zone efficiency (74.2 percent) and No. 3 in points per game (30.5), while setting a franchise single-season record with 7,224 net yards… Baltimore's rushing attack also averaged an NFL-best 187.6 yards per game and 5.8 yards per carry (best in single-season NFL history)… Made starts in two postseason contests
• 1/11 at PIT: Started at left guard and helped block for an offense that totaled 464 yards (third most in franchise playoff history), including a franchise playoff-record 299 rushing yards, in the Wild Card win
• 9/29 vs. BUF: Made his first career start at left guard, officially having started at all five spots on the offensive line, in a 427-yard (271 rushing and 156 passing) and five-touchdown performance by the Ravens' offense

2023 (Ravens)

• Appeared in 17 games (seven starts; four at right tackle and three at left tackle), helping block for the NFL's No. 1 rushing offense (156.6 yards per game) and No. 4 scoring offense (28.4 points per game)…The ground game eclipsed 100 yards in all 17 contests, while also setting a single-season franchise record with 26 rushing touchdowns… Appeared in two postseason games
• 11/5 vs. SEA: Started at right tackle and blocked for a rushing attack that produced a season-best 298 yards and three touchdowns… Baltimore recorded a season-high 515 total yards and 29 first downs, while its 298 rushing yards marked the fourth-best single-game output in franchise history

2022 (Ravens)

• Saw action in 16 games (four starts at left tackle), helping block for the NFL's No. 2 rush offense (160.2 yards per game) which produced the league's most rushes of 10-plus yards (88) and most games with 150-plus rushing yards (12)… Appeared in one postseason contest
• 10/16 at NYG: Paved the way for a Ravens rushing attack that gained 211 yards on 24 carries, averaging a single-game franchise-record 8.8 yards per attempt

2021 (Ravens)

• Saw action in 13 games (12 starts) at right tackle, contributing to the NFL's sixth-ranked offense (378.8 yards per game) and third-best rushing attack (145.8 yards per game)
• 10/11 vs. IND: Started at right tackle and blocked for a passing attack that produced a single-game franchise-record 437 passing yards
• 10/3 at DEN: Started at right tackle and helped extend the Ravens' 100-yard rushing streak to an NFL-record-tying 43 straight games

2020 (Ravens)

• Saw action in all 14 games (eight starts), seeing time at right guard and center…Helped block for the NFL's No. 1 rushing attack (191.9 yards per game), which produced the third-most yards (3,071) ever in a 16-game NFL season…Baltimore also tallied a franchise-record 24 rushing touchdowns… Started two postseason contests
• 12/14 at CLE: Started at center and helped the offense produce 231 rushing yards and a franchise-record-tying five rushing touchdowns

2019 (Ravens)

• Saw action in 11 games as a rookie, making five starts after becoming the starting center in Week 13… Helped Baltimore set an NFL record for single season rushing yards (3,296) and produce the league's No. 1 scoring offense (33.2 ppg)… Set new single-season franchise records for total touchdowns (64), points (531), rushing yards and total net yards (6,521)… Started one postseason contest

COLLEGE

• Played in 34 games with 24 starts at Cal Berkeley (2015-18), mostly at left tackle, with appearances at right tackle and right guard
• Earned Associated Press Second-Team All-Pac-12 as a senior
• Earned Honorable Mention All-Pac-12 honors as a junior, helping protect QB Ross Bowers, who recorded the sixth-most passing yards (3,039) in school history, and RB Patrick Laird, who registered the 19th 1,000-yard rushing season in school history
• As a sophomore, contributed to an O-line that helped establish several single-season school records, including pass completions (383) and fewest turnovers (15)
• In his freshman season, helped Cal rank among the nation's leaders in passing offense (third, 4,892 yards) and total offense (eighth, 6,879 yards)… Helped QB Jared Goff break two Pac-12 single-season records when he passed for 4,719 yards and 43 TDs

PERSONAL

• Majored in legal studies
• Prepped at Westlake High School (Calif.) where he won two league championships
• Both of Mekari's parents fled war-torn countries in the Middle East in the 1970s and immigrated to Los Angeles – his mother left Iran and his father is from Lebanon