Ravens sign kicker Jake Moody to practice squad, bringing in competition for Tyler Loop

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The Ravens finally have a backup plan for kicker Tyler Loop.

The team signed Jake Moody to its practice squad Monday, adding another kicking option after Loop’s uneven preseason.

Moody, 26, a 2023 third-round pick of the San Francisco 49ers, is reuniting with Ravens coach Jesse Minter, who overlapped with him at Michigan.

“Jake’s just kind of been on the radar,” Minter said after practice Monday. “He’s a guy that’s had success in this league. Really just felt like adding a guy, and it’s whatever’s best for the team at that particular moment. So we added a guy to compete on the practice squad, and kind of see how it shakes out from there.”

Moody’s arrival comes three days after Loop, a 2025 sixth-round pick, missed two field goals in the Ravens’ preseason finale against the Commanders.

Loop finished the summer 5-for-8 overall, doing little to dispel the concerns raised over a rookie year that ended with a season-ending missed field goal in a loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers with the AFC North on the line.

“I have a lot of confidence in Tyler still,” Minter said. “Again, he’s had a great training camp. I expect him to be our kicker going into Indianapolis. But I think, again, you’re always trying to try to just have every scenario covered. So that’s what we’re trying to do as a team.”

The Washington Commanders cut Moody on Aug. 18 after he lost the preseason kicking battle to Drew Stevens. Over 40 career games, he’s 64-for-82 (78%) on field goal attempts and has made 97.3% of his extra-point attempts.

In six games with the Commanders last season, Moody went 10-for-11 on both field goals and extra points.

Practice squad set

Outside linebacker Adisa Isaac, a 2024 third-round pick who lost a roster battle with undrafted rookie Ethan Burke, returned to Baltimore as a practice squad member. Rookie defensive lineman Rayshaun Benny, a seventh-round pick, also re-signed.

There are 12 other players on the 17-man practice squad, with space for two more:

• WR Chris Moore
• WR Xavier Guillory
• RB Jonathan Ward
• TE Ty Pezza
• OT Gerad Lichtenhan
• C Nick Dawkins
• DL David Olajiga (International Pathway Program)
• OLB Kaimon Rucker
• ILB Dominic DeLuca
• ILB Carl Jones Jr.
• CB Amani Oruwariye
• S K’Von Wallace

“I kind of look at it as a 70-man roster, with the numbers that we have, that they’re all ready to play,” Minter said. “We need to have every single guy as part of that 70 ready to play at the drop of the hat when their number’s called. That’s what we really want those guys to focus on.”

Randall getting healthy

Rookie running back Adam Randall had a strong performance in the preseason finale against the Commanders, but instead of making the 53-man roster, he is starting the season on injured reserve.

Randall, a fifth-round pick, had missed the second preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings, and Minter indicated the issue that landed him on injured reserve was related.

“He’s been dealing with something,” he said. “And so, we were able to get him back for that [the final preseason game] but is dealing with something enough that we feel like this is the best situation for him to get really healthy.”

Minter added that he thinks Randall has a bright future with the Ravens and should be able to return and contribute. After the Commanders game, Minter commended Randall for his “versatile skill set” and the way he’s “learned to run behind his pads.”

When asked after the game about how he was feeling, Randall replied with a positive response about his performance but did not discuss his health.

“I feel like I went out there and just tried to do my job each and every single play, just continuing to get better at the things that I need to get better at,” he said.

Banner reporter Giana Han contributed to this story.