Tampa Bay Buccaneers reveal full list of rookie minicamp participants who will look to make unlikely path to the team's 53-man roster
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' rookie minicamp gets underway on Friday, and as such, the team announced both the official signing of 15 undrafted free agents and all 34 players who will be participating in the team's rookie minicamp from May 9-11. The participants include 2025 draft picks, undrafted free agents, first-year players on the roster, […]
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers' rookie minicamp gets underway on Friday, and as such, the team announced both the official signing of 15 undrafted free agents and all 34 players who will be participating in the team's rookie minicamp from May 9-11.
The participants include 2025 draft picks, undrafted free agents, first-year players on the roster, and both rookie and veteran tryout invitees.
Here's the full list of players who will be in Tampa this weekend:
2025 Draft Picks
- WR Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
- WR Tez Johnson, Oregon
- CB Benjamin Morrison, Notre Dame
- CB Jacob Parrish, Kansas State
- DL Elijah Roberts, SMU
- OLB David Walker, Central Arkansas
2025 Undrafted Rookies
- QB Connor Bazelak, Bowling Green
- LB John Bullock, Nebraska
- T Ben Chukwuma, Georgia State
- K Ryan Coe, California
- WR Garrett Greene, West Virginia
- DL Nash Hutmacher, Nebraska
- TE Anthony Landphere, Memphis
- C Jake Majors, Texas
- CB Roman Parodie, Ohio
- OLB Warren Peeples, Southeastern Louisiana
- S J.J. Roberts, Marshall
- S Shilo Sanders, Colorado
- G Ben Scott, Nebraska
- DL Desmond Watson, Florida
- RB Josh Williams, LSU
First-Year Players
- T Garret Greenfield, South Dakota State
- T Luke Haggard, Indiana
- P Jake Julien, Eastern Michigan
- TE Tanner Taula, Illinois State
- RB D.J. Williams, Arizona
- S Rashad Wisdom, Texas-San Antonio
Rookie Tryout Players
- TE Justin Ball, Mississippi State
- DL Evan Bearden, UC-Davis
- LB Adam Bock, South Dakota State
- S Will Brooks, Tennessee
- WR Derwin Burgess, Georgia Southern
- CB Lejond Cavazos, Michigan State
- LS Colby Cox, Memphis
- LB Micah Cretsinger, Saginaw Valley State
- RB Tyler Echeverry, Mount Union
- CB JayVian Farr, Augustana
- TE Tuni Fifita, Nebraska-Kearney
- DL Dvon J-Thomas, Penn State
- LB Nick Jackson, Iowa
- C C.J. James, Texas-San Antonio
- OLB Anton Juncaj, Arkansas
- G Andrej Karic, Tennessee
- G Nate Kalepo, Mississippi
- QB Jordan McCloud, Texas State
- DL Mason Narcisse, Louisiana
- CB Robbie Peterson, Northern Iowa
- LB Colin Ramos, Navy
- K Alex Raynor, Kentucky
- DL Joey Slackman, Florida
- WR Jaden Smith, Nevada
- WR Melquan Stovall, Arizona State
- WR Dino Tomlin, Boston College
- QB Connor Watkins, Villanova
- RB Shane Watts, Fort Hays State
- OLB Chantz Williams, Charlotte
- WR Winston Wright, East Carolina
Veteran Tryout Players
- T Connor Galvin, Baylor
- CB Azizi Hearn, UCLA
- S Gervarrius Owens, Houston
- RB Owen Wright, Monmouth
The Bucs have been good lately at finding hidden gems good enough to make the 53-man roster despite not being drafted. That included last year when CB Tyrek Funderburke and WR Kameron Johnson made the 53 as undrafted players.
But that starts first with making the 90-man roster after rookie minicamp and getting onto the next steps in the process, which is offseason OTAs and then the big one in July with training camp.
We'll find out soon enough which small few of this group stands out enough to earn that slim chance at the dream of making the Bucs' roster this summer.
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