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5/09/25 | Buccaneers’ Bucky Irving Breaks Silence on Rachaad White Trade Rumors As $5,120,000 RB Enters Final Year of Contract. Bucky Irving shined as a rookie in Tampa Bay and hopes to keep sharing the backfield with Rachaad White despite trade speculation surrounding the veteran. Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/buccaneers-buck... |
5/04/25 | Fantasy Football Players To Target in 2025 Redraft Leagues Include Ashton Jeanty, Bucky Irving, and Chase Brown. It's never too early to start prepping for fantasy football drafts. With that in mind, here are five players I am targeting right now. Source: https://www.profootballnetwork.com/target-bucky-ir... |
5/01/25 | Video: Bucs WR Tez Johnson ALREADY CLAIMS A Starting Position!. The Bucs drafted Oregon wide receiver Tez Johnson in the 7th round, their last pick of the 2025 NFL Draft, and he was electric talking to the media in his zoom press conference just minutes after getting drafted. Johnson spoke about his relationship with Bucky Irving and even claimed that he already has a Source: https://www.pewterreport.com/video-bucs-tez-johnso... |
4/18/25 | Top Prospects in the 2025 NFL Draft: Running Back Edition. The 2025 NFL Draft is just around the corner, ushering in the last wave of mock drafts and predictions for all 32 clubs. The Buccaneers own the 19th overall pick in the first and the 53rd overall pick in the second. While the Buccaneers do not have a glaring need at the running back spot with a loaded room including Bucky Irving, Rachaad White and Sean Tucker and Tampa Bay will likely not be taking a running back until the later rounds (if at all), it is always fun for football junkies to dive into an evaluation of the top prospects. Source: https://www.buccaneers.com/news/top-prospects-2025... |
4/15/25 | Buccaneers.com 2025 Mock Draft 10.0: Full Bucs Draft . After several iterations of first-round mock drafts between Senior Writer/Editor Scott Smith and myself over the last two months, it is time for my All-Bucs draft. Several of the Bucs' draft selections last year played an integral role in the team's success in 2024 including Graham Barton, Bucky Irving, Jalen McMillan and Tykee Smith. Yes, the Bucs need depth at various positions on defense and while this selection may seem unorthodox, there is a possibility that Tampa Bay takes a receiver in the first round. Source: https://www.buccaneers.com/news/buccaneers-com-202... |
4/14/25 | Bucs star heads to Super Bowl contender Chiefs in re-draft. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were thankful to get Bucky Irving in a steal in the fourth round of last year's draft. Hindsight is 20/20, but if the NFL knew what it knows now about Irving, he probably wouldn't have been on the board for that long. The Athletic's Nick Baumgardner re-drafted the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft, and Irving was the No. 32 overall pick by the Kansas City Chiefs. Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/buccaneers/news/tampa-bay-b... |
4/10/25 | Four Duck football legends to return for Oregon spring game. Former coaches Mike Bellotti and Rich Brooks join former players Christian Gonzalez and Bucky Irving as guests for the Oregon spring football game. Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/article/four-duck-footbal... |
3/28/25 | Big 12 Play-Maker Reveals Combine Meeting With Jaguars. Running back seems like a position both James Gladstone and Liam Coen want to address in the upcoming draft for different reasons. While Travis Etienne is under contract for the next two seasons, there might be a concern that he won't be the back he was two years ago, giving Gladstone concerns about his roster, while Coen knows what a rookie running back can do after Bucky Irving injected new life into the Buccaneers' offense last season. Thus, the Jacksonville Jaguars have been looking at candidates, and according to Justin Melo of The Draft Network, Kansas State running back DJ Giddens is drawing interest from Jacksonville. Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/jaguars/big-12-play-maker-r... |
3/20/25 | Bucs To Host Oregon Defensive Star On Top 30 Visit. The Bucs drafted an undersized Oregon Ducks star last year in running back Bucky Irving with the team's fourth-round pick. Irving went on to lead Tampa Bay in rushing with 1,122 yards and eight touchdowns while becoming the first Buccaneers back to hit 1,000 yards since Doug Martin did it 2015. Could lightning strike Source: https://www.pewterreport.com/bucs-host-oregon-defe... |
3/02/25 | Oregon Prospects Show Love To Ex-Teammate Bucky Irving At 2025 NFL Combine. Only two draft picks in Bucs history have come out of the University of Oregon, but the latest quickly became a star and fan favorite. Of course, that was 2024 fourth-round pick Bucky Irving, who became Tampa Bay's first 1,000-yard rusher since 2015 and sparked a resurgence for the team's run game as a Source: https://www.pewterreport.com/bucky-irving-oregon-p... |
2/25/25 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers 'hit a home run' with former Oregon running back Bucky Irving. Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving celebrates after his rushing touchdown during an NFL football game against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Peter Joneleit) AP By James Crepea | The Oregonian/OregonLive INDIANAPOLIS — Bucky Irving was the sixth running back off the board in last year's NFL draft. Yet the former Oregon tailback led all rookies in rushing yards and touchdowns and first-year backs in receptions and receiving yards. Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said he was “very happy” to have landed Irving, who rushed for 1,122 yards and eight touchdowns and had 47 catches for 392 yards, last year as a player with his abilities might Source: https://www.oregonlive.com/nfl/2025/02/tampa-bay-b... |
2/14/25 | ESPN includes Buccaneers in teams that could target Myles Garrett. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have plenty of offensive firepower — that much is for sure. From rookie phenom Bucky Irving to quarterback Baker Mayfield to star veteran Mike Evans, the offense has been putting up points for the last few years, and the team boasted a top-five unit in the league in 2024. You have to go through four Buccaneers defenders (three defensive linemen, one linebacker) before you get to an edge rusher in Yaya Diaby in the team's sack list this year, so they could use a boost — and it could come in the form of Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett. Garrett requested a trade this offseason, and many in the NFL world are wondering where the many-time All-Pro and former Defensive Player of the Year will land. Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/buccaneers/espn-includes-ta... |
2/12/25 | Pewter Report Podcast: Could Bucs Run Game Get Better In 2025?. The Bucs saw a big improvement last season in the running game. How much better can it be this year under offensive coordinator Josh Grizzard calling plays for the first time and Bucky Irving playing in his second NFL season? There's a chance Irving becomes a top five running back in the league. Energized Source: https://www.pewterreport.com/pewter-report-podcast... |
2/08/25 | Josh Grizzard Reveals Plans For Bucky Irving, Bucs RBs. There has been a lot of positivity coming out of the hiring of Josh Grizzard as the next Bucs offensive coordinator, especially after his introductory press conference on Thursday. It's evident that Grizzard has a vision for how he wants to take a Bucs offense that was already a top four group in the Source: https://www.pewterreport.com/josh-grizzard-bucky-i... |
1/29/25 | Jeffrey Bassa “Respects” Bucky Irving, Desires To Be “Do-It-All Linebacker”. There is little doubt that the Bucs' front-office personnel on hand in Mobile, Alabama this week will be closely monitoring the inside linebacker position. It is one of the handful of defensive needs the team has on that side of the football, and it is a position that could be bolstered in the 2025 NFL Source: https://www.pewterreport.com/jeffrey-bassa-bucky-i... |
1/23/25 | Tampa Bay's Bucky Irving Snubbed For NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Nomination. Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving had an outstanding first season in the NFL, yet was not named a finalist for 2024 AP Offensive Rookie of the Year. Finalists for the award include Denver Broncos' Bo Nix, Las Vegas Raiders' Brock Bowers, Washington Commanders' Jayden Daniels, New York Giants' Malik Nabers and Jacksonville Jaguars' Brian Thomas Jr. Source: https://www.si.com/college/oregon/football/tampa-b... |
1/21/25 | Buccaneers Star RB Makes PFWA All-Rookie Team for 2025. Buccaneers Star RB Makes PFWA All-Rookie Team for 2025 The Tampa Bay Buccaneers struck gold with rookie running back Bucky Irving in 2025. River Wells | 0 Minutes Ago Jan 12, 2025; Tampa, Florida, USA; Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving (7) runs during the third quarter of a NFC wild card playoff against the Washington Commanders at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images / Kim Klement Neitzel-Imagn Images In this story: Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving has been a revelation this year. He isn't just one of the best rookie running backs in the NFL — he was one of the best running backs in the NFL, full stop. Naturally, Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/buccaneers/news/tampa-bay-b... |
1/19/25 | PFF Ranks Buccaneers Rookie Class Top 5 in NFL for 2024. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers had a successful season in 2024, going 10-7 and winning the NFC South for the fourth year in a row. Tampa Bay got quite a few starting caliber players from their 2024 class, with center Graham Barton, running back Bucky Irving, wideout Jalen McMillan and nickel corner Tykee Smith all contributing. Source: https://www.si.com/nfl/buccaneers/news/pff-ranks-t... |
1/17/25 | 2025 State of the Bucs: Running Back . 2024 Evaluation: The Buccaneers' run game was revitalized in 2024 under the tutelage of Liam Coen, with a heavy dose of gap principles and counter runs that fit the skillset of the offensive line and the prowess of rookie Bucky Irving. Tampa Bay's 5.3 rushing yards per attempt this season set a new franchise record as did its 2,536 total rushing yards. Source: https://www.buccaneers.com/news/2025-state-of-the-... |
1/16/25 | NFL Draft Underclassmen List For 2025. The Tampa Bay Bucs’ 2024 NFL Draft class was full of seniors with the exception of running back Bucky Irving, but Tampa Bay has used plenty of premium draft picks on underclassmen before. In fact from 2018-2023 every first-round pick by the Bucs has been an underclassman. Defensive tackle Vita Vea (2018), linebacker Devin Source: https://www.pewterreport.com/nfl-draft-underclassm... |