Buccaneers Starting Lineup 2026

The Buccaneers start Jalon Daniels at quarterback, Bucky Irving at running back and Cade Otton at tight end. Emeka Egbuka, Chris Godwin Jr. and Ted Hurst III start at receiver. Week 5, from the depth chart the team filed (as of 2026-10-06) and the injury report (as of 2026-10-08). 3 starters are out this week, so the next man up is listed in his spot.

Buccaneers offense

Pos	Starter	Next up
QB	Jalon Danielsin for Baker MayfieldOUT	Easton Stick
RB	Bucky Irving	Kenny Gainwell
WR	Emeka Egbuka
WR	Chris Godwin Jr.
WR	THTed Hurst III	Tez Johnson
TE	Cade Otton	Payne Durham
LT	Tristan Wirfs	Benjamin Chukwuma
LG	Ben Bredeson	Billy Schrauth
C	Graham Barton	Dan Feeney
RG	Cody Mauch	Dan Feeney
RT	Luke Goedeke	Justin Skule

Buccaneers defense

Pos	Starter	Next up
LDE	Calijah Kancey	Elijah Roberts
NT	Vita Vea	Elijah Simmons
RDE	A'Shawn Robinson	DeMonte Capehart
SLB	Yaya Diaby	Anthony Nelson
LILB	Alex Anzalone	Christian Rozeboom
RILB	Josiah Trotter
WLB	RBRueben Bain Jr.	Al-Quadin Muhammad
LCB	Zyon McCollum	Kevin Knowles
RCB	Ayden Garnesin for Benjamin MorrisonOUT	Josh Hayes
FS	Ifeatu Melifonwuin for Antoine Winfield Jr.OUT
SS	Tykee Smith	Miles Killebrew

Special teams

Pos	Starter	Next up
K	Chase McLaughlin
P	Riley Dixon
LS	Evan Deckers
KR	Kameron Johnson	Sean Tucker
PR	Kameron Johnson	Tez Johnson

Base personnel: three receivers and one tight end on offense; on defense, the base front plus the slot corner when the base set is short of 11. Rebuilt every Tuesday with the depth chart.

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Source: the depth chart each team files with the league, via nflverse, and the official injury report. Player links go to the StickToTheModel profile.