After signing four tryout players from rookie minicamp, Bucs would be two over the 90-player max, so they’re waiving second-year tackle Dylan Cook and undrafted rookie OLB Nelson Mbanasor. Now at 90.
— Greg Auman (@gregauman) May 15, 2023
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have signed two new players from rookie minicamp, but they’ve had to make adjustments to do so.
FOX Sports’ Greg Auman reported on Monday that the Bucs signed XFL DL C.J. Brewer and Delaware S Kedrick Whitehead after rookie minicamp, the two becoming the third and fourth tryout players to sign with the Bucs. He also noted, however, that the team had to waive OT Dylan Cook and OLB Nelson Mbanasor to keep the team’s roster at the required 90-man roster at this point in the preseason.
Brewer most recently played for the XFL’s Houston Roughnecks, but had a very brief stint with the Buffalo Bills in 2022 after playing college football at Coastal Carolina. Whitehead played safety for the Delaware Blue Hens of the FCS, where he put together a decently productive season with 38 solo tackles, a forced fumble and two interceptions.
It’s likely the Bucs will do a lot more shuffling to sign and drop players as cut dates begin to arrive during preseason, but for now, the team is just at its limit on roster size.