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2006 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 4th in NFC South Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 211 points (13.2/g), 31st of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 353 points (22.1/g), 21st.
Differential of -142 points (-8.9/g), 31st.
Expected W-L: 3.6-12.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -12 (-0.8/g), 30th.
Coached by Jon Gruden (4-12-0)
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2006 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Bruce Gradkowski | 23 | Rook | 11 | 177 for 328, 1,661 yards, 9 td, 9 int, & 41 rushes for 161 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 194th pick / 2006 |
| RB | Cadillac Williams | 24 | 1 | 14 | 225 rushes for 798 yards, 1 td, & 30 catches for 196 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 5th pick / 2005 |
| FB | Mike Alstott | 33 | 10 | 15 | 60 rushes for 171 yards, 3 td, & 21 catches for 85 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1996 |
| WR | Michael Clayton | 24 | 2 | 9 | 33 catches for 356 yards, 1 td, & 5 rushes for 41 yards and 0 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 15th pick / 2004 |
| WR | Joey Galloway | 35 | 11 | 14 | 62 catches for 1,057 yards, 7 td, & 2 rushes for 9 yards and 0 td | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 8th pick / 1995 |
| TE | Anthony Becht | 29 | 6 | 16 | 18 catches for 115 yards, 1 td | New York Jets / 1st / 27th pick / 2000 |
| TE | Alex Smith | 24 | 1 | 7 | 35 catches for 250 yards, 3 td | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 71st pick / 2005 |
| LT | Anthony S. Davis | 26 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| LG | Sean Mahan | 26 | 3 | 12 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 168th pick / 2003 |
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| LG | Dan Buenning | 25 | 1 | 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 107th pick / 2005 |
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| C | John Wade | 31 | 8 | 16 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 5th / 148th pick / 1998 |
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| RG | Davin Joseph | 23 | Rook | 12 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 23rd pick / 2006 |
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| RT | Jeremy Trueblood | 23 | Rook | 13 | 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 59th pick / 2006 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Greg Spires | 32 | 8 | 16 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New England Patriots / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1998 |
| LDT | Chris Hovan | 28 | 6 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 25th pick / 2000 |
| RDT | Ellis Wyms | 27 | 5 | 8 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 183rd pick / 2001 |
| RDT | Anthony McFarland | 29 | 7 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 15th pick / 1999 |
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| RDE | Simeon Rice | 32 | 10 | 8 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1996 |
| RDE | Dewayne White | 27 | 3 | 8 | 5.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 64th pick / 2003 |
| LLB | Ryan Nece | 27 | 4 | 11 | 1.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Shelton Quarles | 35 | 9 | 12 | 2.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| MLB | Barrett Ruud | 23 | 1 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 36th pick / 2005 |
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| RLB | Derrick Brooks* | 33 | 11 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 28th pick / 1995 |
| LCB | Juran Bolden | 32 | 10 | 11 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 127th pick / 1996 |
| RCB | Ronde Barber* | 31 | 9 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1997 |
| SS | Jermaine Phillips | 27 | 4 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 157th pick / 2002 |
| FS | Will Allen | 24 | 2 | 16 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 111th pick / 2004 |
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| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Matt Bryant | 31 | 4 | 0 | 17 of 22 field goals & 22 of 23 extra points | |
| P | Josh Bidwell | 30 | 6 | 0 | 93 punts for a 43.5 average, 0 blocked | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 133rd pick / 1999 |
| PR | Ike Hilliard | 30 | 9 | 0 | 24 punt returns for a 6.8 average and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1997 |
| KR | Michael Pittman | 31 | 8 | 3 | 39 kick returns for a 22.2 average and 0 td | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1998 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 46 | Blue Adams | 27 | DB | 16 | 0 | 182 | 5-9 | Cincinnati | 10/15/1979 | 3 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 220th pick / 2003 |
| 26 | Will Allen | 24 | DB | 16 | 16 | 202 | 6-1 | Ohio State | 6/17/1982 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 111th pick / 2004 |
| 40 | Mike Alstott | 33 | RB | 16 | 15 | 248 | 6-1 | Purdue | 12/21/1973 | 10 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1996 |
| 20 | Ronde Barber* | 31 | DB | 16 | 16 | 184 | 5-10 | Virginia | 4/7/1975 | 9 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 66th pick / 1997 |
| 88 | Anthony Becht | 29 | TE | 16 | 16 | 272 | 6-5 | West Virginia | 8/8/1977 | 6 | New York Jets / 1st / 27th pick / 2000 |
| 93 | Charles Bennett | 23 | LB | 3 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Clemson | 4/4/1983 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 241st pick / 2006 |
| 9 | Josh Bidwell | 30 | P | 16 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | Oregon | 3/13/1976 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 133rd pick / 1999 |
| 21 | Juran Bolden | 32 | DB | 16 | 11 | 207 | 6-2 | Mississippi Delta Community College | 6/27/1974 | 10 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 127th pick / 1996 |
| 98 | Jon Bradley | 25 | DT | 7 | 3 | 302 | 6-1 | Arkansas State | 1/13/1981 | 2 | |
| 55 | Derrick Brooks* | 33 | LB | 16 | 16 | 235 | 6-0 | Florida State | 4/18/1973 | 11 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 28th pick / 1995 |
| 3 | Matt Bryant | 31 | K | 16 | 0 | 200 | 5-9 | Baylor | 5/29/1975 | 4 | |
| 31 | Phillip Buchanon | 26 | DB | 10 | 4 | 185 | 5-10 | Miami (FL) | 9/19/1980 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 1st / 17th pick / 2002 |
| 72 | Dan Buenning | 25 | G | 10 | 7 | 320 | 6-4 | Wisconsin | 10/26/1981 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 4th / 107th pick / 2005 |
| 52 | Antoine Cash | 24 | LB | 16 | 0 | 223 | 6-1 | Southern Miss | 3/5/1982 | 1 | |
| 80 | Michael Clayton | 24 | WR | 12 | 9 | 197 | 6-4 | LSU | 10/13/1982 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 15th pick / 2004 |
| 27 | Torrie Cox | 26 | DB | 16 | 3 | 181 | 5-10 | Pittsburgh | 10/29/1980 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 205th pick / 2003 |
| 69 | Anthony S. Davis | 26 | T | 16 | 16 | 322 | 6-4 | Virginia Tech | 3/27/1980 | 2 | |
| 48 | Andrew Economos | 24 | C | 3 | 0 | 250 | 6-1 | Georgia Tech | 6/24/1982 | Rook | |
| 84 | Joey Galloway | 35 | WR | 16 | 14 | 197 | 5-11 | Ohio State | 11/20/1971 | 11 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 8th pick / 1995 |
| 7 | Bruce Gradkowski | 23 | QB | 13 | 11 | 220 | 6-1 | Toledo | 1/27/1983 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 194th pick / 2006 |
| 34 | Earnest Graham | 26 | RB | 16 | 0 | 215 | 5-9 | Florida | 1/15/1980 | 2 | |
| 74 | Cornell Green | 30 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 315 | 6-6 | Central Florida | 8/25/1976 | 4 | |
| 71 | Jovan Haye | 24 | DE | 9 | 0 | 284 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 6/21/1982 | 1 | Carolina Panthers / 6th / 189th pick / 2005 |
| 19 | Ike Hilliard | 30 | WR | 16 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | Florida | 4/5/1976 | 9 | New York Giants / 1st / 7th pick / 1997 |
| 95 | Chris Hovan | 28 | DT | 16 | 16 | 296 | 6-2 | Boston College | 5/12/1978 | 6 | Minnesota Vikings / 1st / 25th pick / 2000 |
| 91 | Julian Jenkins | 23 | DE | 12 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | Stanford | 10/25/1983 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 156th pick / 2006 |
| 86 | Doug Jolley | 27 | TE | 11 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | BYU | 1/2/1979 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 2nd / 55th pick / 2002 |
| 89 | Mark Jones | 26 | WR | 7 | 0 | 185 | 5-9 | Tennessee | 11/3/1980 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 206th pick / 2004 |
| 75 | Davin Joseph | 23 | G | 13 | 12 | 305 | 6-2 | Oklahoma | 11/22/1983 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 23rd pick / 2006 |
| 25 | Brian Kelly | 30 | DB | 2 | 2 | 193 | 5-11 | USC | 1/14/1976 | 8 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 45th pick / 1998 |
| 79 | Sean Mahan | 26 | G-C | 16 | 12 | 301 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 5/28/1980 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 168th pick / 2003 |
| 54 | Wesly Mallard | 28 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Oregon | 11/21/1978 | 4 | New York Giants / 6th / 188th pick / 2002 |
| 92 | Anthony McFarland | 29 | DT | 5 | 5 | 300 | 6-0 | LSU | 12/18/1977 | 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 15th pick / 1999 |
| 83 | Dave Moore* | 37 | TE | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 11/11/1969 | 14 | Miami Dolphins / 7th / 191st pick / 1992 |
| 56 | Ryan Nece | 27 | LB | 15 | 11 | 224 | 6-3 | UCLA | 2/24/1979 | 4 | |
| 30 | Donte Nicholson | 25 | DB | 1 | 0 | 216 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 12/18/1981 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 141st pick / 2005 |
| 39 | Kalvin Pearson | 28 | DB | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-10 | Grambling State,Morehouse | 10/22/1978 | 4 | |
| 23 | Jermaine Phillips | 27 | DB | 16 | 16 | 214 | 6-1 | Georgia | 3/27/1979 | 4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 157th pick / 2002 |
| 32 | Michael Pittman | 31 | RB | 16 | 3 | 218 | 6-0 | Fresno State | 8/14/1975 | 8 | Arizona Cardinals / 4th / 95th pick / 1998 |
| 53 | Shelton Quarles | 35 | LB | 12 | 12 | 225 | 6-1 | Vanderbilt | 9/11/1971 | 9 | |
| 13 | Tim Rattay | 29 | QB | 4 | 2 | 200 | 6-0 | Louisiana Tech | 3/15/1977 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 212th pick / 2000 |
| 97 | Simeon Rice | 32 | DE | 8 | 8 | 268 | 6-5 | Illinois | 2/24/1974 | 10 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 3rd pick / 1996 |
| 51 | Barrett Ruud | 23 | LB | 16 | 5 | 242 | 6-1 | Nebraska | 5/20/1983 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 36th pick / 2005 |
| 2 | Chris Simms | 26 | QB | 3 | 3 | 220 | 6-4 | Texas | 8/29/1980 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 97th pick / 2003 |
| 81 | Alex Smith | 24 | TE | 14 | 7 | 258 | 6-4 | Stanford | 5/22/1982 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 71st pick / 2005 |
| 33 | Jerald Sowell | 32 | FB | 10 | 0 | 237 | 6-0 | Tulane | 1/21/1974 | 9 | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 231st pick / 1997 |
| 94 | Greg Spires | 32 | DE | 16 | 16 | 265 | 6-1 | Florida State | 8/12/1974 | 8 | New England Patriots / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1998 |
| 85 | Maurice Stovall | 21 | WR | 9 | 2 | 215 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 2/21/1985 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 3rd / 90th pick / 2006 |
| 77 | Jeb Terry | 25 | G | 10 | 1 | 311 | 6-5 | North Carolina | 4/10/1981 | 2 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 5th / 146th pick / 2004 |
| 65 | Jeremy Trueblood | 23 | T | 15 | 13 | 315 | 6-8 | Boston College | 5/10/1983 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 59th pick / 2006 |
| 76 | John Wade | 31 | C | 16 | 16 | 299 | 6-5 | Marshall | 1/25/1975 | 8 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 5th / 148th pick / 1998 |
| 67 | Kenyatta Walker | 27 | T | 3 | 3 | 302 | 6-5 | Florida | 2/1/1979 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 14th pick / 2001 |
| 82 | Paris Warren | 24 | WR | 8 | 0 | 213 | 6-0 | Utah | 9/6/1982 | Rook | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 7th / 225th pick / 2005 |
| 90 | Dewayne White | 27 | DE | 16 | 8 | 273 | 6-2 | Louisville | 10/19/1979 | 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 2nd / 64th pick / 2003 |
| 24 | Cadillac Williams | 24 | RB | 14 | 14 | 217 | 5-11 | Auburn | 4/21/1982 | 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 1st / 5th pick / 2005 |
| 50 | Jamie Winborn | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 242 | 5-11 | Vanderbilt | 5/14/1979 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 47th pick / 2001 |
| 96 | Ellis Wyms | 27 | DE | 13 | 8 | 279 | 6-3 | Mississippi State | 4/12/1979 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 183rd pick / 2001 |
| Team Total | 27.5 | 16 | 242.8 | 6-1.5 | 4.3 |