However you might feel about the performance of the Baltimore Ravens offensive line as a whole — or specifically some individuals who underperformed — these guys still get paid. A lot.
One of those offensive linemen, 17-game starting guard Andrew Voorhees, was one of the NFL’s top earners in the league’s annual performance-based incentives program announced Monday — the bonus system the league uses to pay players with low salaries who play high snap counts.
Vorhees landed a $1.199 million bonus, ranking him No. 6 in the NFL’s bonus payouts as the league dropped $542 million in 2026 bonuses. Chicago Bears cornerback Nahson Wright took the No. 1 spot with a $1.4 million bonus.
“Ravens guard Andrew Vorhees ranked 6th in the NFL’s Performance-Based Pay Distribution, earning an additional $1.199M,” ESPN’s Jamison Hensley wrote on X. “Under the Performance-Based Pay program, a fund is used as a supplemental form of player compensation based upon a comparison of playing time to salary.”
Put in place in 2002, the NFL has paid out approximately $3.8 billion in bonuses over the last 24 years.
“Ravens guard Andrew Vorhees has earned $1.2 million in additional performance-based pay, 6th most in the NFL,” The Baltimore Banner’s Jonas Shaffer wrote on X. “The bonus reflects Vorhees’ high 2025 snap count. The $1.2 million bonus does not count against the Ravens’ salary cap. It’s a separate pool of money.”
Fans React With Confusion at Bonus Payout
The reaction to the bonus payout for Vorhees, 6-foot-6 and 310 pounds, fluctuated somewhere between confusion and disgust amongst Ravens fans.
That’s somewhat understandable. According to Pro Football Focus, the Vorhees’ 54.6 overall grade put him among the worst offensive linemen in the NFL in 2025.
“ANDREW VORHEES PERFORMANCE BASED PAYOUT???? Lmaoooooo,” Ravens fan David Owula wrote on X.
Injury Killed Draft Stock for Andrew Vorhees
Vorhees, 6-foot-6 and 320 pounds, saw his draft stock crater from a projected 1st round pick in the 2023 NFL draft to landing with the Ravens in the 7th round (No. 229 overall) after he suffered a gruesome knee injury during a drill at the NFL scouting combine.
“Guard prospect with five years of starting experience that shows itself with consistency and football IQ,” NFL draft analyst Lance Zierlein wrote in 2023. “Vorhees is a technically sound run blocker with a repeatable process. His range laterally and to the second level will be a little limited, but he’s an even-paced drive blocker, using excellent positioning, leveraged hands and churning legs. He needs to get quicker with inside hands in pass protection and guard against trying to protect his edges with his hands rather than a foot slide. The injury he suffered during his NFL Scouting Combine workout could cause him to fall in the draft, but he has the potential to become a starter when he’s fully healthy.”
Vorhees, who earned All-American honors at USC in 2022, spent the 2023 season recovering from a torn ACL. He played in 15 games with 3 starts in 2024 before becoming the full-time starter in 2025.
The $1.199 million payout from the NFL’s bonus program represents an incredible windfall for Vorhees and is more than he made in salary for each of the 1st 3 seasons of his 4-year, $3.94 million rookie contract, including approximately $1.04 million in 2024.
Ravens’ 17-Game Starter Scores Massive Offseason Payday