If you’r trying to follow the Tampa Bay Buccaneers through the twists and turns of this offseason, you might need some kind of flow chart or at least notes mode on your phone to keep up.
The Buccaneers are not happy, from the top down, with how a season that started with Super Bowl potential crash landed over the final half of the season and the turnover on the roster will reflect as much.
The Buccaneers made their first flurry of roster moves following a season-ending win over the Carolina Panthers in Week 18 followed by the Atlanta Falcons ending Tampa Bay’s playoff hopes with a win over the New Orleans Saints.
“Bucs have signed three more players from their practice squad to futures contracts for 2026, in WR Garrett Greene, OLB Mo Kamara and RB Michael Wiley,” Fox Sports NFL reporter Greg Auman wrote on his official X account on Tuesday, January 6.
That followed Black Monday, where the big story was if Tampa Bay head coach Todd Bowles would keep his job as the Buccaneers added even more players.
“Buccaneers reserve future deals: Marcus Banks, Dennis Houston, Nash Hutmacher, Nick Jackson, Jayson Jones, Ben Scott, Benton Whitley, Damarion Williams, Josh Williams, Owen Wright,” NFL reporter Aaron Wilson wrote on X on Monday, January 5.
Of all those players, the most intriguing of the bunch might be Greene, a former All-Big 12 quarterback who switched positions in the pros.
Size Forced Position Switch in NFL
Greene checked in at 5-foot-10 and 195 pounds at Big 12 Pro Day, but with a 40-yard dash time of 4.50 seconds and a 36-inch vertical leap, his speed and athletic ability showed a player capable of doing much more than just playing quarterback.
“It’s hard to make the NFL as a 5-foot-10 quarterback,” Greene told the Tallahassee Democrat’s Jim Henry . “When I started playing football in middle school, high school, I also played receiver and am pretty comfortable with doing that. I just thought it was my best way to make an impact on an NFL roster.”
Greene was a 2-year starter at West Virginia , where he went 17-11 over the last 2 seasons and ended his career with 5,370 passing yards and 36 touchdowns and added 2.136 rushing yards and 28 touchdowns. In 2022, he even had 4 receptions for 32 yards.
Greene Modeled Game After 2-Time Pro Bowl QB
Greene modeled his game in college after 2-time Buccaneers quarterback Baker Mayfield — he even wore Mayfield’s signature No. 6 jersey throughout his college career.
“A lot of West Virginia’s fortunes in 2024 will rest on the shoulders of Greene, whose favorite players growing up were Johnny Manziel and Baker Mayfield,” ESPN’s Harry Lyles Jr. wrote before the 2024 season. “Greene’s game and on-field charisma emulate their styles; he even wears No. 6 as a salute to Mayfield .”
West Virginia went 9-4 in his first year as a starter in 2023 and capped the year with a win in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl. In 2024, the Mountaineers took a step back and went 6-7 with a loss in the Frisco Bowl.
After the Buccaneers went 8-9 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2019, Greene will likely get a shot to make the 53-man roster. Veteran star Mike Evans is a free agent and outside of 2025 first round pick Emeka Egbuka and Chris Godwin , it’s safe to say every wide receiver position is up for grabs.
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