These 5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers are Ready to Breakout in 2024
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were a premier breakout team in 2023, surprising the league with not only a division championship but also a dominant playoff victory. Breakout campaigns from RB Rachaad White, RT Luke Goedeke, and K Chase McLaughlin, all helped propel Tampa past expectations. Stars like Baker Mayfield, Mike Evans, Tristan Wirfs, Vita Vea, Jamel Dean, and Antoine Winfield Jr., lead the way, but the team’s success hinges on lesser-known players stepping up as crucial contributors
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Recent draft picks, unheralded starters, and under-the-radar rookies are all poised to take their game to the next level and cement themselves as mainstays on the Bucs depth chart for years to come. Despite their recent success over the last five years, this squad isn’t ripe with young franchise cornerstones, so there will be plenty of opportunities for underrated players to take over premium positions going forward. Let’s dive into who the premier breakout candidates in the Bay are.
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JOE TRYON-SHOYINKA
Starting this list with the most controversial figure featured here is only right. After being selected with the 32nd overall pick in 2024, Joe Tryon-Shoyinka hasn’t yet lived up to expectations, prompting GM Jason Licht and company to decline JTS’ 5th-year option for the 2025 season
Essentially, 2024 is a make-or-break season for the Washington product. While he doesn’t have the most impressive sacks or takeaways, he has shown enough on film for PFF to rank him just outside the top-50 Edge Rushers in 2022 and within the top-75 again in 2023. The 25-year-old will look to have a career year with tens of millions of dollars on the line.
CADE OTTON
If it wasn’t for an impressive 70-yard, 2-TD performance in Week 8 against the Houston Texans, not many non-Bucs fans would’ve been aware of who Cade Otton is. However, he truly made a name for himself in the playoffs, delivering a standout 13-154-1 stat line over two postseason games. The former 106th pick is primed to build on that in 2024 and establish himself as a borderline top-10 Tight End in the NFL.
CALIJAH KANCEY
For those who weren’t paying attention, Calijah Kancey emerged as one of the best defensive rookies in football during the 2023 season. Despite starting all 14 games for a division leader and compiling double-digit tackles for loss, Kancey remains very underrated around the league. That likely won’t be said after this upcoming campaign when Kancey lines up next to Vita Vea again to terrorize opposing offenses on a weekly basis.
CHRISTIAN IZIEN
It’s one thing to have a promising rookie season. However, backing that up with an even better sophomore year is much harder. The 5’8″ slot specialist will look to do exactly that in 2024 after Christian Izien earned a spot on PFF’s top-50 CB list from 2023. The New York native didn’t benefit from having a highly-acclaimed draft status or college recognition; he earned everything he’s achieved so far in the NFL. If the Rutgers product can take the next step in 2024, he can solidify himself among the best nickel corners in the entire league.
K.J. BRITT
Tampa Bay could have a budding star in K.J. Britt without many people even realizing it. The 2021 5th round pick was almost exclusively a special teams contributor his first two seasons. However, when Devin White‘s foot injury sidelined him, it was Britt who stepped up and became a key cog in Todd Bowles’ defense down the stretch. Now that White is playing for the team they dominated during the Wild Card round, Britt has the opportunity to prove those few weeks were no fluke and he can eventually take over for Lavonte David as the LB1.
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