 Mauling and mobile offensive lineman who had an immediate impact in his first two seasons… Possesses a physical and aggressive demeanor that allows him to excel as a run blocker… Earned PFW/PFWA All-Rookie Team honors in 2007… Started 31 games and one playoff game in his career… Originally entered the league as a second-round selection (35th overall) by Tampa Bay in the 2007 NFL Draft. |
 2008: Started 15 games (all but at Kansas City) at left guard… Helped lead the offense to 5,456 total yards, the highest single-season total in franchise history… Helped lead the offense to 361 points, the second-highest single-season total in team history (388 points in 2000)... Started at left guard at New Orleans (9/7)… Helped the Buccaneers offense rush for 146 yards on 20 carries, an average of 7.3 yards per carry, which is the third-highest single-game average in team history… Started at left guard vs. Atlanta (9/14) and helped the Buccaneers offense rush for 164 yards on 28 carries and two touchdowns… Started at left guard at Chicago (9/21) and was part of an offense that did not allow a sack in a team-record 67 pass attempts… Started at left guard vs. Green Bay (9/28)… Led the offense to a season-high 178 rushing yards and did not allow a sack for the second straight week… Started at left guard vs. Carolina (10/12) and helped the offense rush for 142 yards and not allow a sack for the third time in four weeks… Declared inactive at Kansas City (11/2)… Started at left guard at Detroit (11/23) and helped the team rush for over 100 yards for the seventh time this season… Started at left guard vs. New Orleans (11/30) and helped the team rush for 149 yards, the third-highest rushing total of the season… Started at left guard vs. Oakland (12/28) and helped the offense rush for over 100 yards for the 10th time this season. 2007: Started all 16 regular season games and playoff game… Earned PFW/PFWA All-Rookie Team honors… Helped Buccaneers offense average 4.17-yards per rush to rank second in team history… Part of an offense that scored 334 points, the fourth-highest total in team history… Made regular-season professional debut, starting at left guard at Seattle (9/9)… Started against St. Louis (9/23), helping team rush for 182 yards on 32 carries (5.7 avg.) and three touchdowns… Started at Carolina (9/30), providing blocking that helped team gain 189 yards on the ground and two rushing touchdowns… Started at Indianapolis (10/7)… Started at Detroit (10/21), helping Jeff Garcia throw for 316 yards on 45 attempts while paving the way for 124 rushing yards by the team… Started against Arizona (11/4) and helped the team rush for 162 yards on the afternoon… Started at Atlanta (11/18) and helped the team rush for 149 yards on 31 attempts (4.8 avg.)… Started at New Orleans (12/2) and helped the team gain a season-high 466 total yards of offense… The 466 total yards also stands as the fifth-best single game performance in team history… Started at Houston (12/9)… Started against Atlanta (12/16) and helped team rush for a season-high 190 yards on the ground… Made first-career playoff start against N.Y. Giants in NFC Wild Card Game (1/6). |
 Saw action at every position, except center, on the Vols’ offensive line during his career… A 2006 All-American who won the SEC’s Jacobs Award his senior season, given annually to the best blocker… All-Southeastern Conference first-team selection by the league’s coaches and the Associated Press as a junior… Played in 44 games with 37 starts in four seasons with the Volunteers (2003-2006)… 37 starts included 26 starts at left tackle, six at right tackle, four at right guard and one at left guard… In his final two seasons, allowed only three sacks and four pressures on 1,552 plays, recording 138 knockdowns and 25 touchdown-resulting blocks during that span… Majored in sociology with an emphasis in arts and sciences. |
 Visited with children in the pediatric ward of University Community Hospital in October 2007… Visited DisneyQuest with children from the Pine Hills Branch of the Boys & Girls Club of Central Florida and the Buccaneers Rookie Club in June 2007… Hosted a football camp for 60 children from the Boys & Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay and MacDill Air Force Base with the Buccaneers Rookie Club in June 2007… As a member of the Buccaneers Rookie Club, bowled with children from Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Tampa Bay and Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Pinellas County on Memorial Day 2007… Participated in “Turkey Time with the O-Line”, a Thanksgiving program sponsored by the offensive line which provided 400 meals in 2007 and 600 meals in 2008 for local needy families…Attended Russellville (Alabama) High School… Listed on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Super Southern 100 squad and rated the sixth-best prospect on the Tampa Tribune’s Best of the South list… Selected Class 5A Lineman of the Year by Alabama High School Sports magazine and named to the Fox Sports Network’s “Countdown to Signing Day” All-South third-team… Rated as the 13th-best offensive tackle in the nation and the seventh-best prospect in the state of Alabama by Rivals.com… Also played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl… Born Arron Eugene Sears on October 25, 1984. |
