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The No.27 shirt
The Bucs had almost as many players named Davis in their early years as have worn the No.27 shirt all-time. Ricky and Tony were two of the all-non-related Davis clan, Ricky's claim to fame being that he once completed a pass for -7 yards on a botched fake punt for the expansion Bucs.
Aaron Stecker only wore this number for a year (and I wouldn't have selected him anyway), so making a choice for the best No.27 was going to be a hard one.
Barney Bussey had three nice seasons playing under Sam Wyche and the hybrid 4-2-5 defense that he ran using Bussey as the so-called "Bucko back", combination safefy/linebacker. Shame Sam was more of a clown/coach at the time.
Which leaves us with cornerback Anthony Parker. He bounced around the NFL for his career but played most of his two seasons in Tampa as a starter and wins this little poll almost by default.
"Not so Super" Mario Edwards played nickel back (badly) in 2004 and then the number moved to Torrie Cox after he gave up his original 24 jersey to Cadillac Williams.
THE BEST TO WEAR NO.27 - ANTHONY PARKER.
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| Tony Davis | Fred Acorn | Darrell Fullington | Barney Bussey | Anthony Parker |
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