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Bucs Get Good News On Thursday’s Injury Report
The second injury report of the season comes with some pleasant news for Bucs fans. Every player on the 53-man roster participated in Thursday's practice, with only a few being limited. This is a promising sign that the Bucs are leaning towards a fully healthy Week 1 start. Bucs QB Jalon Daniels and
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Bucs Add New Veteran QB To Practice Squad
After keeping undrafted rookie quarterback Jalon Daniels as the backup to Baker Mayfield and seeing veteran Jake Browning pass on an offer to stay around on the practice squad, the Bucs found themselves in need of some veteran depth at quarterback behind Mayfield and Daniels. On Monday, Tampa Bay found that veteran depth, signing
2 more updatesfrom 2 sources
- Aug 31 Pewter Report Bucs Add New Veteran QB To Practice Squad
- Aug 31 Greg Auman (X) All 45 UDFAs from the 2026 class who made an NFL initial 53-man roster: ARI: Wydett Williams Jr., S, Ole Miss ATL: Malcolm DeWalt IV, CB, Akron ATL: Jack Strand, QB, Minnesota State Moorhead BAL: Ethan Burke, OLB, Texas BAL: Joe Fagnano, QB, UConn CAR: Aaron Hall, DT, Duke CAR: Haynes King, QB, Georgia Tech CAR: Albert Reese IV, OT, Mississippi State CHI: Beau Gardner, LS, Georgia CHI: Hayden Large, TE, Iowa CHI: Jayden Loving, DT, Wake Forest CHI: Skyler Thomas, S, Oregon State CLE: Michael Coats Jr., CB, West Virginia DAL: Camden Brown, WR, Georgia Southern DET: Eric O’Neill, EDGE, Rutgers GB: J. Michael Sturdivant, WR, Florida HOU: Sam Hagen, OT, South Dakota State HOU: Sabastian Harsh, DE, NC State HOU: Collin Wright, CB, Stanford IND: Tahj Chambers, LB, Ole Miss JAX: Bryan Thomas Jr., DE, South Carolina KC: Kahlil Benson, OT, Indiana KC: Xavier Nwankpa, S, Iowa KC: Diego Pounds, OT, Ole Miss LAC: Rodney Shelley, CB, Georgia Tech LAC: Jacob Spomer, C, Fresno State LAR: Wesley…
- Aug 31 Pewter Report Bucs Mailbag: Making Sense Of Buccaneers’ Roster Cuts
- Bucs roster is cut to 53 with Jalon Daniels as the No. 2 QB. What is a catch in baseball? Wild one at the Trop.
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The Bucs signed Jalon Daniels, UDFA out of Kansas, and gave him a signing bonus of $25K. Now, he's their backup QB. And he's earned it. · Quoting Ian Rapoport: Sources: The Bucs are moving forward with UDFA QB Jalon Daniels as their backup QB to Baker Mayfield, as he’s impressed throughout camp. A true find and a very cool story.
5 more updatesfrom 3 sources
- Aug 30 Rick Stroud (X) Bucs Baker Mayfield on the team keeping undrafted free agent Jalon Daniels as the No. 2 QB. “I’m proud of Jalon. He worked his tail off…took tremendous steps.
- Aug 30 Rick Stroud (X) Bucs tap rookie Jalon Daniels as No. 2 quarterback
- Aug 30 Paul Dehner Jr. (X) A couple of notable former #Bengals moves. Bucs let go of Jake Browning after Jalon Daniels beat him out for the backup QB job. Also, Buffalo released safety Geno Stone, who started every game for the Bengals the last two seasons.
- Aug 30 Rick Stroud (X) Not a surprise, but undrafted Kansas rookie Jalon Daniels will be the Bucs No. 2 QB and they are releasing Jake Browning...
- Aug 30 Ian Rapoport (Bluesky) The Bucs signed Jalon Daniels, UDFA out of Kansas, and gave him a signing bonus of $25K. Now, he's their backup QB. And he's earned it. · Quoting Ian Rapoport: Sources: The Bucs are moving forward with UDFA QB Jalon Daniels as their backup QB to Baker Mayfield, as he’s impressed throughout camp. A true find and a very cool story.
- Aug 30 Ian Rapoport (Bluesky) Sources: The Bucs are moving forward with UDFA QB Jalon Daniels as their backup QB to Baker Mayfield, as he’s impressed throughout camp. A true find and a very cool story.
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Quinten Skinner, Luke Grimm, Devin Neal, and Jalon Daniels on the sideline supporting their Alma Mater #kufootball
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Sep 4 Greg Auman (X) Bucs rookie back at Kansas during last weekend off. · Quoting Kansas Nation: Quinten Skinner, Luke Grimm, Devin Neal, and Jalon Daniels on the sideline supporting their Alma Mater #kufootball
- Sep 4 Greg Auman (X) Quinten Skinner, Luke Grimm, Devin Neal, and Jalon Daniels on the sideline supporting their Alma Mater #kufootball
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Good find by Sara here -- last time an NFL team opened a season with an undrafted rookie as QB2 was the 2016 Seahawks with Trevone Boykin. Russell Wilson played all 16 games, Boykin got in for the only 18 passes of his NFL career. · Quoting Sara Walsh: “There’s no blueprint for an undrafted rookie becoming your number 2 quarterback. Jalon basically wrote his own.”
- Bucs GM Jason Licht on
Jalon Daniels
According to Elias Sports Bureau the last time an undrafted rookie qb was active week 1:
2016 Trevone Boykin in Seattle
1 more updatefrom 1 source
- Sep 2 Greg Auman (X) With Jalon Daniels in place now, can you name the five previous times the Bucs have had a rookie set as QB2 in their history? @ScottSBucs did the research -- answers in his story, but fun to try to guess as many as you can.
- Sep 2 Greg Auman (X) Good find by Sara here -- last time an NFL team opened a season with an undrafted rookie as QB2 was the 2016 Seahawks with Trevone Boykin. Russell Wilson played all 16 games, Boykin got in for the only 18 passes of his NFL career. · Quoting Sara Walsh: “There’s no blueprint for an undrafted rookie becoming your number 2 quarterback. Jalon basically wrote his own.” - Bucs GM Jason Licht on Jalon Daniels According to Elias Sports Bureau the last time an undrafted rookie qb was active week 1: 2016 Trevone Boykin in Seattle
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Bucs decided early that rookie Jalon Daniels was their No. 2 QB
2 more updatesfrom 2 sources
- Sep 2 Pewter Report Jason Licht Reveals Why Bucs UDFAs Jalon Daniels, Ayden Garnes Made The 53
- Sep 2 Rick Stroud (X) Jason Licht explains how Jalon Daniels took the No. 2 QB job pretty early in training camp and preseason.
- Sep 2 Rick Stroud (X) Bucs decided early that rookie Jalon Daniels was their No. 2 QB
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There are tiers within undrafted rookies -- out of these 45 that made initial 53-man rosters, 15 of them got $200,000+ in guaranteed money and 27 in all got $100k+, almost like an eighth round with more guaranteed money than a seventh.
What's even more impressive are those who got little or no guaranteed money and still made 53s:
Ravens QB Joe Fagnano: $0
Chiefs T Kahlil Benson: $0
Patriots LB Khalil Jacobs: $0
Dolphins FB D.J. Herman: $0
Bucs LB Caden Fordham: $2,000
Commanders K Drew Stevens: $2,500
Chargers CB Rodney Shelley: $5,000
Chargers C Jacob Spomer: $10,000
Giants LS Ben Mann: $10,000
(@spotrac for contract figures) · Quoting Ryan Paganetti: All 45 UDFAs from the 2026 class who made an NFL initial 53-man roster:
ARI: Wydett Williams Jr., S, Ole Miss
ATL: Malcolm DeWalt IV, CB, Akron
ATL: Jack Strand, QB, Minnesota State Moorhead
BAL: Ethan Burke, OLB, Texas
BAL: Joe Fagnano, QB, UConn
CAR: Aaron Hall, DT, Duke
CAR: Haynes King, QB, Georgia Tech
CAR: Albert Reese IV, OT,…
7 more updatesfrom 3 sources
- Sep 1 Rick Stroud (X) Bucs decided early that rookie Jalon Daniels was their No. 2 QB
- Sep 1 Buccaneers Team Site Jalon Daniels Ascension An "Incredible Accomplishment"+2
- Sep 1 Rick Stroud (X) Bucs undrafted free agent Jalon Daniels on how he learned he was the team’s No. 2 QB.
- Sep 1 Greg Auman (X) Video: Bucs rookie Jalon Daniels talks about what it means to be QB2 and the confidence his coaches have shown in him along the way.
- Sep 1 Greg Auman (X) “There’s no blueprint for an undrafted rookie becoming your number 2 quarterback. Jalon basically wrote his own.” - Bucs GM Jason Licht on Jalon Daniels According to Elias Sports Bureau the last time an undrafted rookie qb was active week 1: 2016 Trevone Boykin in Seattle
- Sep 1 Greg Auman (X) There are tiers within undrafted rookies -- out of these 45 that made initial 53-man rosters, 15 of them got $200,000+ in guaranteed money and 27 in all got $100k+, almost like an eighth round with more guaranteed money than a seventh. What's even more impressive are those who got little or no guaranteed money and still made 53s: Ravens QB Joe Fagnano: $0 Chiefs T Kahlil Benson: $0 Patriots LB Khalil Jacobs: $0 Dolphins FB D.J. Herman: $0 Bucs LB Caden Fordham: $2,000 Commanders K Drew Stevens: $2,500 Chargers CB Rodney Shelley: $5,000 Chargers C Jacob Spomer: $10,000 Giants LS Ben Mann: $10,000 (@spotrac for contract figures) · Quoting Ryan Paganetti: All 45 UDFAs from the 2026 class who made an NFL initial 53-man roster: ARI: Wydett Williams Jr., S, Ole Miss ATL: Malcolm DeWalt IV, CB, Akron ATL: Jack Strand, QB, Minnesota State Moorhead BAL: Ethan Burke, OLB, Texas BAL: Joe Fagnano, QB, UConn CAR: Aaron Hall, DT, Duke CAR: Haynes King, QB, Georgia Tech CAR: Albert Reese IV, OT,…
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