The Tampa Bay Buccaneers today announced that the club has signed free agents quarterback Jake Browning and defensive lineman A'Shawn Robinson. Additionally, the team has tendered a contract to running back Sean Tucker.
Browning (6-2, 209) has appeared in 17 career games, including 10 starts, amassing 2,707 passing yards and 18 passing touchdowns to go along with 164 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns over three seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals. Since 2023, his 22 total touchdowns are the most among quarterbacks with 10-or-fewer starts.
He originally entered the league as a college free agent with the Minnesota Vikings following the 2019 NFL Draft. The Folsom, California, native played four collegiate seasons at the University of Washington (2015-18), appearing in 53 career games completing 958-of-1483 (64.6%) passes for 12,296 yards and 94 touchdowns. His 39 wins as a starter set a school and Pac-12 Conference record. He left the Huskies as the program's leader in career passing yards, completions, yards and touchdowns, in addition to finishing sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting as a sophomore in 2016.
Robinson (6-3, 320) has appeared in 143 career games between the Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams, New York Giants and Carolina Panthers, making 106 starts, and totaling 500 total tackles (37 tackles for loss), 37 quarterback hits, 23 passes defended, 15.0 sacks, six forced fumbles, four fumble recoveries and one interception for a touchdown. The 10-year veteran has also started 6-of-8 postseason appearances, accumulating 38 tackles (one for loss), 1.0 sack, one quarterback hit and one forced fumble.
Since entering the league in 2016, Robinson ranks eighth among defensive linemen for total tackles. He enjoyed his most successful season with Carolina in 2024, setting career highs in tackles (43), quarterback hits (8) and sacks (5.5). Robinson helped the Rams to a Super Bowl LVI victory in the 2021 season.
He originally entered the league as a second-round pick (No. 46 overall) by the Detroit Lions in the 2016 NFL Draft. Robinson played three collegiate seasons at the University of Alabama (2013-15), playing in all 42 of his team's games, including 29 starts, amassing 133 total tackles (22 for loss), 9.0 sacks, five passes defended, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery. He helped lead the Crimson Tide to two SEC Championships (2014-15) and a National Championship in 2015, earning consensus All-American honors the same year.
Tucker (5-10, 205) has appeared in 45 career games for the Buccaneers, totaling 151 rushes for 651 rushing yards (4.3 yards per carry) and nine rushing touchdowns to go with 19 receptions for 152 receiving yards and two touchdowns. He was 1-of-3 running backs in the 2025 season to have at least 100 rushing yards, 30 receiving yards and three total touchdowns in a game when he accomplished the feat in Week 11 at Buffalo. Tucker also earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors in Week 6 of the 2024 season, amassing 192 scrimmage yards and two touchdowns at New Orleans. Over the past three seasons, Tuckers' 803 yards from scrimmage are the third-most among all undrafted players with fewer than 200 touches during that span.
He originally entered the league as an undrafted free agent with the Buccaneers following the 2023 NFL draft. The Owing Mills, Maryland, native played three collegiate seasons at Syracuse University (2020-22), appearing in 33 career games, including 31 starts, logging 589 rushes for 3,182 yards (5.4 yards per carry) and 27 touchdowns. He earned first team All-American honors in 2021, was a two-time Maxwell and Doak Walker Award watch list member and multiple-time All-ACC selection. He broke the program's single-season rushing yards record (1,496) in 2021.
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