The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced today the team has exercised the fifth-year contract option on cornerback Vernon Hargreaves III.
Hargreaves (5-10, 205) was the 11th pick in the 2016 NFL Draft. In his first three seasons, he has started 25-of-26 games played, recording 118 tackles (four for loss), 15 passes defensed, two forced fumbles and one interception. Hargreaves played his final three seasons of high school football at Paul R. Wharton High School in Tampa, before going on to earn All-American honors at the University of Florida.
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