Buccaneers Trim Roster To 53
The Buccaneers have moved their roster to 53 players by making the following transactions:
Waived:
- DE Mehdi Abdesmad
- G Josh Allen
- DE Sterling Bailey
- DE Tavaris Barnes
- LB Richie Brown
- LB Riley Bullough
- CB Mariel Cooper
- WR Donteea Dye
- DE Hendrick Ekpe
- RB Russell Hansbrough
- CB Vernon Harris
- G Jarvis Harrison
- WR Shaq Hill
- K Zach Hocker
- WR Josh Huff (story)
- S Marqueston Huff
- FB Austin Johnson
- S Isaiah Johnson
- T Korren Kirven
- LB Jeff Knox
- G Michael Liedtke
- T Marquis Lucas
- WR Freddie Martino
- RB Jeremy McNichols (story)
- CB Jonathan Moxey
- CB Cody Riggs
- G James Stone
- WR Derel Walker
- TE Tevin Westbrook
- WR Bobo Wilson
Waived/injured:
- QB Sefo Liufau
Released:
- LS Andrew DePaola (story)
- DE George Johnson (story)
- LS Garrison Sanborn
Placed on IR:
- DE DaVonte Lambert (story)
- DT Stevie Tu’ikolovatu (story)
Placed on Reserve/Suspended List:
- RB Doug Martin
Buccaneers Sign 14 UDFAs, Cut Two Players
The Buccaneers have announced agreements with 14 undrafted free agents. Here’s the group:
- Anthony Auclair, TE (Laval)
- Deondre Barnett, DE (Southern Illinois)
- Richie Brown, LB (Mississippi State)
- Riley Bullough, LB (Michigan Stte)
- Maurice Fleming, CB (West Virginia)
- Cole Gardner, OT (Eastern Michigan)
- Alex Gray, S, (Appalachian State)
- Korren Kirven, OT (Alabama)
- Sefo Liufau, QB (Colorado)
- Greg Mabin, CB (Iowa)
- Paul Magloire, LB (Arizona)
- Jonathan Moxey, CB (Boise State)
- Thomas Sperbeck, WR (Boise State)
- Bobo Wilson, WR (Florida State)
To clear room on their 90-man roster for those players, the Buccaneers cut offensive lineman Ben Gottschalk and tight end Kivon Cartwright on Monday, per Greg Auman of the Tampa Bay Times (Twitter link). Both Gottschalk (2014) and Cartwright (2016) went unpicked in their respective draft years. Gottschalk is the only of the two who has seen NFL action, having appeared in two of the Bucs’ games last season.