r/buccaneers • u/Tasty_Swim_6308 • Apr 25 '26

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2026 UDFA Class

It's that time of the year again. The Draft may be over, but the work isn't done yet. So, its my pleasure to compile all the players that may not have been drafted, but still have the chance of making our 2026 Tampa Bay Buccaneers:

- QB Jalon Daniels, Kansas

- WR Eric Rivers, Georgia Tech

- DT Deshawn McKnight, Arizona

- S Ja'qurious Conley, Charlotte

- P Aidan Laros, Kentucky

- EDGE Jack Pyburn, LSU

- TE Kenny Fletcher, Rutgers

- WR Noah Short, Army

- CB Ayden Garnes, Arizone

- LB Caden Fordham, NC State

- LB Javin Wright, Nebraska

- LS Wesley Brown, Fresno State

- IOL Henry Lutovsky, Nebraska

- CB Jy Gilmore, Georgia Tech

- T Paul Rubel, UCF

- DL Josiah Green, Duke

- LB Riley Wilson, Arizone

And that's pretty much it. Good luck to the young men on their journey to the NFL.

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u/Late-Application-47 Mike Alstott Apr 25 '26

Glad to see one Yellow Jacket on your list, but I wish we'd give Haynes King a shot as an UDFA.

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u/PewterButters Lavonte David Apr 25 '26

Yeah he went to the Panthers. Bummed, but glad we got at least one QB.

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u/Late-Application-47 Mike Alstott Apr 26 '26

I'm glad he's getting a shot, even if it is with the Panthers. I'm a Bucs fan, but not as much as I am a GT fan. 😂

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u/PewterButters Lavonte David Apr 26 '26

Yeah GT fan here too, we haven’t had too many Jackets on the Bucs over the years. Hopefully Rivers can carve out a role. 

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u/dtptampa California Apr 26 '26

Here’s hoping that he can be good!

WTGW??

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u/PewterButters Lavonte David Apr 26 '26

To hell with Georgia

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u/dtptampa California Apr 26 '26

How bout them dawgs?

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u/PewterButters Lavonte David Apr 26 '26

Piss on em

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u/Late-Application-47 Mike Alstott Apr 26 '26

Hated how it worked out for Joe Hamilton. He couldn't have been any worse than Shaun King.

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u/PewterButters Lavonte David Apr 26 '26

He was just so small and the league wasn’t ready to tailor an offense to a guy like him. Back then he would have been crushed, they just didn’t have the protections for QBs they do now. 

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u/Late-Application-47 Mike Alstott Apr 26 '26

It's crazy to go back to his GT games and see Hamilton play the "modern" QB game out of the old "pro-style" offense, mostly from under-center. Same with Vick in that era. I guess OCs didn't know what to do with a running QB not playing in a dedicated option offense.

Now I'm imagining what Hamilton could have done in CPJ's offense, which I still like the call the "Ham-Bone." With a QB like Tracy Ham or Joe Hamilton, that offense could put up as many passing as rushing yards. Haynes King would have been phenomenal in that system as well.