BUCPOWER.COM was created in January 2002 and has had over 100 million hits since its inception. It has and always will
be free to access and is the definitive source of historical information on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for fans worldwide.
June 23rd is T Donovan Smith’s
32nd birthday. He was a 2nd round
pick in 2015 who started for eight
seasons at left tackle and tallied
124 games for the Bucs before
moving on to Kansas City in free
agency and winning another Super
Bowl ring with the Chiefs.
LB Adam Hayward (41) played in
over 100 games having been a 6th
round pick in 2017 mostly on
special teams but did make 13
starts on defense.
DT Davonte Lambert (31) started
five games in 2016 whilst LB
LaCurtis Jones (53) played special
teams in 1996 and then famously
threatened to shoot the coach who
cut him in training camp the
following year.
You have all seen various selections for the best Buc players by position over the first 50 years, some almost
accurate. Now comes the start of the definitive roster from the start of Tampa Bay football in 1976. Position by
position, starters and back-ups. From someone who has seen every Buc game either live or on video. This
roster is just from players’ time with the Bucs - past reputations and performances are not regarded.
Click here for the selections made so far to the roster
THE NEXT POSITION - THE SAFETIES
Whilst many of the on-line posts about the all-time roster had current and recent players because of
the lack of knowledge of many fans in the Bay area, it would have been easy with this process to
ignore current players because of a lack of seasons compared to others who came before them. Not
with the safety position where Antoine Winfield has earned his place alongside a Hall of Famer. But
the two back-up positions belong to a pair of players who were alongside each other for most of the
first nine seasons in franchise history.
The positions already selected
DE
DT
OLB
ILB
CB
S
From now on, BUCPOWER.COM will just be a website. It will no longer be promoted on social media in terms of
Facebook or Twitter. The latter has become a cesspit of postings across all aspects of life in the past year and is
not something I want to be associated with or the site.
In terms of Facebook, there has been such an explosion of clickbait sites proporting to have Buc inside news or
features, that it has become a waste of time posting there any longer. I do not produce BUCPOWER.COM for
clicks or views - I do it because I enjoy it and I know real Buccaneer fans around the world appreciate it. Hence
the BUCPOWER Facebook account has been deactivated and will be deleted in due course.
