The Baltimore Ravens released wide receiver and kickoff returner Jacoby Jones on Wednesday.

Jones, 30, signed a four-year, $12 million with the Ravens last offseason and was due to receive $2.5 million in 2015. He made $4.5 in 2014 and had a $3.375 salary cap number this year.

An eight-year NFL veteran, Jones spent three seasons (2012-14) with the Ravens, earning Pro Bowl honors during the team’s 2012 Super Bowl campaign.

In 44 games with Baltimore, he produced a 30.1-yard career kickoff return average, a mark that ranks No. 1 in franchise history. Jones also posted four regular-season kickoff returns for touchdowns and one kickoff return for a score in the Super Bowl. Three of his TD returns covered 108 yards, which tied for the second-longest in NFL history.

Jones helped the Ravens win the Super Bowl after the 2012 season, catching a crucial 70-yard touchdown pass from Joe Flacco in the final minute of regulation in the AFC divisional playoff game against the Denver Broncos. The Ravens went on to beat the Broncos in overtime.

Jones then had two touchdowns in the 34-31 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl XLVII, including a 108-yard kickoff return for a touchdown to open the second half — the longest play in Super Bowl history.

“We don’t win Super Bowl XLVII without Jacoby,” general manager Ozzie Newsome said in a statement. “You immediately think of the touchdown against Denver in the divisional round and then the big plays in that Super Bowl — the long touchdown from Joe (Flacco) and the (108-yard) kickoff to open the second half. He also had a big punt return in that game. Jacoby was an outstanding Raven and a good teammate on and off the field. We think he can still play in the NFL, and releasing him now allows him a better opportunity to land with another team.”

Jones also registered a 9.9-yard punt return average while in Baltimore, scoring once on a 63-yard scamper in 2012. In all, he posted six total kick return touchdowns while with the Ravens. Jones also caught 76 passes for 992 yards (13.1 average) and three touchdowns in regular- season play over the past three years.

“We thank Jacoby for what he did for us,” head coach John Harbaugh said. “You think of how many games where his returns or long catches were the difference in winning — at Pittsburgh, Dallas, the 2012 playoff run to the championships and that great Minnesota game in the snow and ice at M&T Bank Stadium come to mind immediately. He was invaluable to our success. Opponents, especially on special teams, schemed to stop him. What a compliment to him. Jacoby is one of my most favorite players ever to coach, an absolute joy to be around. He’s a good person with a good heart.”