NFC South

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2-6 · 4th in the NFC South · GM: masaba

2026 cap

$301.7M

incl. $522K rollover

Active spending

$221.7M

53 active players

Dead money

$79.7M

Cap space

$339K

2027 committed

$199.5M

of $327.0M projected cap

2028 committed

$101.2M

of $352.0M projected cap

Below the roster minimum: RB 2 of 3, OL 7 of 8, LB 4 of 6, S 1 of 4.

Roster & contracts

Cap number by year

Pos	Player	2026	2027	2028	2029	Guaranteed	Cut savings
Offense
QB	Bo Nix	$6.2M	$7.3M	—	—	$1.1M	−$7.3M
QB	Deshaun Watson	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
RB	Jaylen Warren	$14.6M	$14.6M	—	—	—	$5.4M
RB	Kareem Hunt	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
WR	Gabe Davis	$41.9M	$42.9M	—	—	$29.0M	−$12.9M
WR	Jordan Addison	$8.0M	$10.3M	$38.3M	$44.0M	$1.1M	−$66.6M
WR	Tim Patrick	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
WR	JuJu Smith-Schuster	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
WR	Brandin Cooks	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
WR	Bub Means	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	$1.0M
WR	J. Michael Sturdivant	$892K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$885K	−$1.1M
WR	C.J. Williams	$892K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$330K	$542K
WR	Dillon Bell	$887K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$5K	$877K
TE	Pat Freiermuth	$20.8M	$16.0M	$16.0M	—	$15.8M	−$10.0M
TE	Hunter Henry	$18.2M	$21.2M	—	—	$10.5M	−$7.7M
TE	Davis Allen	$1.2M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
OL	Kevin Dotson	$19.4M	$23.4M	—	—	$14.0M	−$5.4M
OL	Erik McCoy	$11.8M	$16.8M	—	—	$1.5M	−$16.8M
OL	Braden Smith	$5.5M	$18.3M	$24.3M	$24.3M	$8.7M	−$26.8M
OL	Stone Forsythe	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
OL	Christian Jones	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	—	$943K
OL	Hayden Conner	$1.0M	$1.1M	—	—	—	$998K
OL	Febechi Nwaiwu	$954K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	$679K
Defense
IDL	David Onyemata	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
IDL	D.J. Jones	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
IDL	McKinnley Jackson	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	—	—	$991K
IDL	Demonte Capehart	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.4M	$1.5M	—	$293K
IDL	Tyler Onyedim	$918K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	$785K
IDL	Deven Eastern	$888K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$885K	−$1.1M
IDL	Wesley Bailey	$886K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$7K	$876K
EDGE	Adetomiwa Adebawore	$2.2M	—	—	—	—	$1.7M
EDGE	Dayo Odeyingbo	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
EDGE	Grayson Murphy	$1.1M	—	—	—	$1.1M	$0
EDGE	Caden Curry	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.4M	$1.5M	—	$293K
EDGE	Max Llewellyn	$966K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.4M	—	$643K
EDGE	Vincent Anthony Jr.	$895K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$885K	−$2.2M
EDGE	Quintayvious Hutchins	$895K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$270K	$595K
EDGE	Wesley Williams	$892K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$885K	−$1.1M
EDGE	Cian Slone IR	$888K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	$40K	$838K
LB	Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
LB	Joe Andreessen	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
LB	Bo Richter	$1.1M	—	—	—	—	$1.1M
LB	Jaden Dugger	$924K	$1.1M	$1.2M	$1.3M	—	$769K
CB	Carlton Davis III	$24.9M	—	—	—	—	$11.0M
CB	Joshua Williams	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
CB	Derion Kendrick	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.2M	$0
CB	Chandler Rivers	$1.2M	$1.5M	$1.8M	$2.1M	—	−$111K
CB	Julian Neal	$1.2M	$1.3M	$1.5M	$1.6M	—	$9K
CB	Chau Smith-Wade	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	—	$1.0M
CB	Corey Thornton	$1.0M	$1.1M	—	—	$1.0M	−$1.1M
CB	Brent Austin IR	$887K	$1.1M	$1.2M	—	—	$882K
S	Chuck Clark	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0
Special teams
K	Tyler Loop	$1.0M	$1.1M	—	—	$1.0M	−$1.1M
P	Austin McNamara	$1.0M	—	—	—	—	$305K
LS	Casey Kreiter	$1.3M	—	—	—	$1.3M	$0