For the second straight year, Ravens outside linebacker Malik Hamm has landed on injured reserve, this time with a knee injury.

The team announced the move just before the start of Tuesday afternoon’s practice in Owings Mills. Last season, Hamm, a Baltimore native who played at City College before twice being named Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year at Lafayette, suffered an ankle injury during the preseason and spent the year on injured reserve.

While the significance of his latest injury is not yet known, Hamm could return when the Ravens trim their roster to 53 players at the end of next month.

“It was an unfortunate injury that he had [last year], but he looks just like he picked up where he left off last year,” defensive coordinator Zach Orr said last week. “He looks explosive, he looks strong, [and] I’m excited to see him once we get the pads on here next practice and then in the preseason games.”

Last preseason, Hamm had a sack against the Philadelphia Eagles and two tackles and a forced fumble against the Washington Commanders before being placed on injured reserve.

This year, he is expected to be a possible contributor in a reserve role to a mostly young and largely unproven outside linebacker group that includes veteran Kyle Van Noy, 2021 first-round pick Odafe Oweh and 2022 second-round pick David Ojabo, who is coming off a torn ACL that ended his season in Week 3 last year.

In a corresponding move, the Ravens signed veteran outside linebacker and Randallstown native Quincy Roche.

Roche, 26, played at New Town High School before going on to the University of Miami and later became a sixth-round pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2021.

He was waived by the Steelers that summer and signed with the New York Giants, where he played 17 games over two seasons, recording 40 tackles, 2 1/2 sacks and a forced fumble. Roche spent last season on the Minnesota Vikings’ practice squad before becoming a free agent.