TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have re-signed former Professional Bowl exterior linebacker Shaquil Barrett, the crew introduced Saturday.
Barrett will forgo the apply squad and signal to the 53-man roster, a supply instructed ESPN.
Barrett, who led the NFL with 19.5 sacks in 2019, was waived by the Miami Dolphins from their reserve/retired listing earlier this week and cleared waivers Friday. Barrett didn’t play for the Dolphins, who signed him to a one-year deal value as much as $9 million as a free agent in March. That deal got here after his launch by the Buccaneers, a transfer carried out strictly to release wage cap house.
Showing on the “Up & Adams” podcast in August, Barrett mentioned there was a “excellent, excellent situation” he may see himself popping out of retirement for.
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“I will not do it for another situation or another crew or something like that,” Barrett instructed host Kay Adams then. “I’ve a variety of historical past down there. All that stuff that occurred with my daughter and stuff, how they got here by for the household. … It simply meant a lot to me. Tampa received a particular place in my coronary heart.”
Barrett was referring to the April 2023 dying of his daughter Arrayah, which coincided together with his comeback from a torn Achilles tendon sustained in 2022. One of many crew’s most memorable moments in 2023 was when Barrett intercepted a move from Justin Fields and returned it for a landing — the primary and solely pick-six of his profession — to seal a 27-17 victory over the Chicago Bears in Week 2. Barrett pointed on the sky and devoted the play to Arrayah, a second a number of throughout the Buccaneers group mentioned was a spotlight of their season.
Basic supervisor Jason Licht mentioned on the time of Barrett’s launch that he “didn’t wish to make that decision” however that the crew would depart the door open for a attainable return due to how extremely it considered him as an individual and a participant.
With two video games to go in 2024, the Buccaneers nonetheless have a shot at making the playoffs for the fifth straight season, however they’ll want the Atlanta Falcons — who maintain the head-to-head tiebreaker — to lose certainly one of their remaining video games and Tampa Bay most likely must win out.
The Buccaneers haven’t acquired the sack manufacturing they’d hoped for from their exterior linebackers in 2024. Anthony Nelson leads the group with three. The vast majority of their manufacturing has come from inside, with defensive sort out Calijah Kancey notching 6.5 sacks this season, defensive sort out Vita Vea with six and inside linebacker Lavonte David with 5.5.
In Barrett’s remaining season with the Buccaneers, he had 4.5 sacks and 52 mixed tackles, together with 33 solo.
