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2000 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 388 points (24.2/g), 6th of 31 in the NFL.
Allowed 269 points (16.8/g), 7th.
Differential of 119 points (7.4/g), 4th.
Expected W-L: 11.3-4.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +17 (1.1/g), 3rd.
Simple Rating System: Total 7.3, Offense: 3.4, Defense: 3.9, SoS: -0.1, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Tony Dungy (10-6-0)
Offensive Coordinator: Les Steckel
Defensive Coordinator: Monte Kiffin
Other Notable Asst.: Rod Marinelli (Defensive Line) and Lovie Smith (Linebackers)
Training Camp: University of Tampa (Tampa, Florida)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Shaun King | 23 | 1 | 16 | 233 for 428, 2,769 yards, 18 td, 13 int, & 73 rushes for 353 yards and 5 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1999 |
| RB | Warrick Dunn* | 25 | 3 | 14 | 248 rushes for 1,133 yards, 8 td, & 44 catches for 422 yards and 1 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 12th pick / 1997 |
| FB | Mike Alstott* | 27 | 4 | 13 | 131 rushes for 465 yards, 5 td, & 13 catches for 93 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1996 |
| WR | Jacquez Green | 24 | 2 | 16 | 51 catches for 773 yards, 1 td, & 5 rushes for 13 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1998 |
| WR | Keyshawn Johnson | 28 | 4 | 16 | 71 catches for 874 yards, 8 td, & 2 rushes for 5 yards and 0 td | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1996 |
| TE | Dave Moore | 31 | 8 | 16 | 29 catches for 288 yards, 3 td | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 191st pick / 1992 |
| LT | Pete Pierson | 29 | 5 | 15 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 136th pick / 1994 | |
| LG | Randall McDaniel* | 36 | 12 | 16 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1988 | |
| C | Jeff Christy* | 31 | 7 | 16 | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1992 | |
| RG | Frank Middleton | 26 | 3 | 16 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1997 | |
| RT | Jerry Wunsch | 26 | 3 | 16 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 37th pick / 1997 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Chidi Ahanotu | 30 | 7 | 16 | 3.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 145th pick / 1993 |
| LDT | Anthony McFarland | 23 | 1 | 16 | 6.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 15th pick / 1999 |
| RDT | Warren Sapp*+ | 28 | 5 | 15 | 16.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 12th pick / 1995 |
| RDE | Marcus Jones | 27 | 4 | 16 | 13.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1996 |
| LLB | Shelton Quarles | 29 | 3 | 13 | 2.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Jamie Duncan | 25 | 2 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1998 |
| RLB | Derrick Brooks*+ | 27 | 5 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 28th pick / 1995 |
| LCB | Donnie Abraham* | 27 | 4 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 7 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1996 |
| RCB | Ronde Barber | 25 | 3 | 16 | 5.5 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1997 |
| SS | John Lynch*+ | 29 | 7 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1993 |
| FS | Damien Robinson | 27 | 2 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 6 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 119th pick / 1997 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Martin Gramatica* | 25 | 1 | 0 | 28 of 34 field goals & 42 of 42 extra points | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 80th pick / 1999 |
| P | Mark Royals | 35 | 13 | 0 | 85 punts for a 41.8 average, 0 blocked | |
| PR | Karl Williams | 29 | 4 | 0 | 31 punt returns for a 9.2 average and 1 td | |
| KR | Aaron Stecker | 25 | Rook | 0 | 29 kick returns for a 22.9 average and 0 td |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Rabih Abdullah | 25 | RB | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-0 | Lehigh | 4/27/1975 | 1 | |
| 21 | Donnie Abraham* | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 190 | 5-10 | East Tennessee St. | 10/8/1973 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 71st pick / 1996 |
| 72 | Chidi Ahanotu | 30 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 283 | 6-2 | California | 10/11/1970 | 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 145th pick / 1993 |
| 40 | Mike Alstott* | 27 | RB | 13 | 13 | 248 | 6-1 | Purdue | 12/21/1973 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1996 |
| 85 | Reidel Anthony | 24 | WR | 16 | 1 | 178 | 5-11 | Florida | 10/20/1976 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 16th pick / 1997 |
| 20 | Ronde Barber | 25 | DB | 16 | 16 | 184 | 5-10 | Virginia | 4/7/1975 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1997 |
| 55 | Derrick Brooks*+ | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 4/18/1973 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 28th pick / 1995 |
| 98 | James Cannida | 25 | DT | 16 | 0 | 275 | 6-2 | Nevada-Reno | 1/3/1975 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 175th pick / 1998 |
| 62 | Jeff Christy* | 31 | C | 16 | 16 | 284 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 2/3/1969 | 7 | Phoenix Cardinals / 4th / 91st pick / 1992 |
| 60 | Cosey Coleman | 22 | G | 8 | 0 | 322 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 10/27/1978 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 51st pick / 2000 |
| 58 | Don Davis | 28 | LB | 16 | 0 | 235 | 6-1 | Kansas | 12/17/1972 | 4 | |
| 59 | Jamie Duncan | 25 | LB | 15 | 15 | 238 | 6-1 | Vanderbilt | 7/20/1975 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 84th pick / 1998 |
| 28 | Warrick Dunn* | 25 | RB | 16 | 14 | 180 | 5-9 | Florida St. | 1/5/1975 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 12th pick / 1997 |
| 46 | David Gibson | 23 | DB | 9 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | USC | 11/5/1977 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 193rd pick / 2000 |
| 50 | Jeff Gooch | 26 | LB | 16 | 0 | 226 | 5-11 | Austin Peay St. | 10/31/1974 | 4 | |
| 7 | Martin Gramatica* | 25 | K | 16 | 0 | 170 | 5-8 | Kansas St. | 11/27/1975 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 80th pick / 1999 |
| 81 | Jacquez Green | 24 | WR | 16 | 16 | 172 | 5-10 | Florida | 1/15/1976 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 34th pick / 1998 |
| 14 | Joe Hamilton | 23 | QB | 1 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Georgia Tech | 3/13/1977 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 234th pick / 2000 |
| 82 | Patrick Hape | 26 | TE-FB | 16 | 2 | 262 | 6-4 | Alabama | 6/6/1974 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 137th pick / 1997 |
| 88 | Andre Hastings | 29 | WR | 3 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Georgia | 11/7/1971 | 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 76th pick / 1993 |
| 79 | George Hegamin | 27 | T-G | 16 | 1 | 331 | 6-7 | North Carolina St. | 2/14/1973 | 6 | Dallas Cowboys / 3rd / 102nd pick / 1994 |
| 34 | Dexter Jackson | 23 | DB | 13 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 7/28/1977 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 113th pick / 1999 |
| 97 | Tyoka Jackson | 29 | DE-DT | 16 | 1 | 280 | 6-2 | Penn St. | 11/22/1971 | 6 | |
| 19 | Keyshawn Johnson | 28 | WR | 16 | 16 | 212 | 6-4 | USC | 7/22/1972 | 4 | New York Jets / 1st / 1st pick / 1996 |
| 78 | Marcus Jones | 27 | DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 286 | 6-6 | North Carolina | 8/15/1973 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 22nd pick / 1996 |
| 25 | Brian Kelly | 24 | DB | 16 | 3 | 193 | 5-11 | USC | 1/14/1976 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1998 |
| 10 | Shaun King | 23 | QB | 16 | 16 | 215 | 6-1 | Tulane | 5/29/1977 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 50th pick / 1999 |
| 48 | Charles Kirby | 26 | FB | 6 | 2 | 249 | 6-1 | Virginia | 11/27/1974 | Rook | |
| 47 | John Lynch*+ | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 220 | 6-2 | Stanford | 9/25/1971 | 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1993 |
| 64 | Randall McDaniel* | 36 | G | 16 | 16 | 276 | 6-3 | Arizona St. | 12/19/1964 | 12 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 19th pick / 1988 |
| 92 | Anthony McFarland | 23 | DT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-0 | LSU | 12/18/1977 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 15th pick / 1999 |
| 95 | John McLaughlin | 25 | DE | 6 | 0 | 247 | 6-4 | Notre Dame,California | 11/13/1975 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 150th pick / 1999 |
| 73 | Frank Middleton | 26 | G | 16 | 16 | 330 | 6-4 | Arizona | 10/25/1974 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1997 |
| 83 | Dave Moore | 31 | TE | 16 | 16 | 250 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 11/11/1969 | 8 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 191st pick / 1992 |
| 87 | Frank Murphy | 23 | WR | 1 | 0 | 206 | 6-0 | Kansas St. | 2/11/1977 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 6th / 170th pick / 2000 |
| 69 | Pete Pierson | 29 | T | 15 | 15 | 314 | 6-5 | Washington | 2/4/1971 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 136th pick / 1994 |
| 53 | Shelton Quarles | 29 | LB | 14 | 13 | 225 | 6-1 | Vanderbilt | 9/11/1971 | 3 | |
| 24 | Damien Robinson | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 223 | 6-2 | Iowa | 12/23/1973 | 2 | Philadelphia Eagles / 4th / 119th pick / 1997 |
| 3 | Mark Royals | 35 | P | 16 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Chowan,Appalachian St. | 6/22/1965 | 13 | |
| 99 | Warren Sapp*+ | 28 | DT | 16 | 15 | 303 | 6-2 | Miami (FL) | 12/19/1972 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 12th pick / 1995 |
| 51 | Alshermond Singleton | 25 | LB | 13 | 1 | 250 | 6-2 | Temple | 8/7/1975 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 128th pick / 1997 |
| 84 | Blake Spence | 25 | TE | 3 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | Oregon | 6/20/1975 | 2 | New York Jets / 5th / 146th pick / 1998 |
| 22 | Aaron Stecker | 25 | RB | 10 | 0 | 213 | 5-10 | Wisconsin,West. Illinois | 11/13/1975 | Rook | |
| 68 | Morris Unutoa | 29 | C | 16 | 0 | 284 | 6-1 | BYU | 3/10/1971 | 4 | |
| 33 | Eric Vance | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 7/14/1975 | 2 | |
| 75 | Todd Washington | 24 | G-C | 10 | 0 | 310 | 6-3 | Virginia Tech | 9/19/1976 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 104th pick / 1998 |
| 52 | Nate Webster | 23 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-0 | Miami (FL) | 11/29/1977 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 90th pick / 2000 |
| 94 | Steve White | 27 | DE | 15 | 0 | 270 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 10/25/1973 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 194th pick / 1996 |
| 86 | Karl Williams | 29 | WR | 13 | 0 | 177 | 5-11 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 4/10/1971 | 4 | |
| 71 | Jerry Wunsch | 26 | T-G | 16 | 16 | 339 | 6-6 | Wisconsin | 1/21/1974 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 37th pick / 1997 |
| 80 | Todd Yoder | 22 | TE | 9 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Vanderbilt | 3/18/1978 | Rook | |
| 31 | Floyd Young | 25 | DB | 7 | 0 | 179 | 6-0 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 11/23/1975 | 3 | |
| 15 | Eric Zeier | 28 | QB | 3 | 0 | 214 | 6-1 | Georgia | 9/6/1972 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 84th pick / 1995 |
| Team Total | 26.4 | 16 | 240.8 | 6-1.4 | 3.4 |