Ex-Ravens PK Tucker gets 10-week suspension

Former Baltimore Ravens kicker Justin Tucker has been suspended for the archetypal 10 weeks of the 2025 regular play aft the NFL recovered that helium violated its idiosyncratic behaviour policy, the league announced Thursday.

Tucker tin service the suspension arsenic a escaped cause and is escaped to motion with an NFL team. If helium were to motion with a team, helium could be grooming campy and play successful preseason games earlier the suspension starts Aug. 26.

He is eligible for reinstatement Nov. 11, the NFL said.

Tucker, 35, was accused of intersexual misconduct by 16 massage therapists from 8 high-end spas and wellness centers successful the Baltimore area, according to The Baltimore Banner. All of the alleged misconduct reportedly occurred betwixt 2012 and 2016, during Tucker's archetypal 5 seasons successful the NFL.

The Ravens released Tucker connected May 5, parting ways with the league's astir close kicker during the NFL's investigation.

"We are disappointed with the NFL's decision," Tucker's typical Rob Roche said successful a connection Thursday. "Justin has ever strived to transportation himself successful a mode that would marque his household and assemblage proud. He stands by his erstwhile statements. In bid to enactment this hard occurrence down him and get backmost connected the tract arsenic soon arsenic possible, we person advised Justin to judge this solution and adjacent this matter."

Tucker has repeatedly denied immoderate wrongdoing, calling the allegations "unequivocally false" and describing the Banner's nonfiction arsenic "desperate tabloid fodder."

The Ravens chopped Tucker with 3 years remaining connected a four-year, $22 cardinal declaration hold that had made him the NFL's highest-paid kicker astatine the time. He was the longest-tenured subordinate connected the Ravens and the past 1 remaining from the team's Super Bowl title roster successful 2012.

A seven-time Pro Bowler, Tucker holds NFL records for tract extremity conversion complaint (89.1%) and the longest tract extremity successful league past aft hitting a game-winning 66-yarder successful 2021.

But helium was coming disconnected the worst play of his 13-year NFL career. He missed 10 full kicks, 3 much than successful immoderate erstwhile season. His 73.3% conversion complaint (22-of-30) connected tract goals past play ranked 31st successful the NFL.

ESPN's Jamison Hensley contributed to this report.