The Tampa Bay Buccaneers today announced that outside linebacker Elijah Ponder has been signed to the team's practice squad.
Ponder (6-3, 275) originally entered the league as a college free agent with the Buccaneers this past offseason and spent the 2021 training camp and preseason with Tampa Bay prior to being waived Aug. 31. Ponder played 32 collegiate games at Cincinnati (2016-20), recording 64 career tackles (12.5 for loss), 4.5 sacks, and two forced fumbles. The Atlanta native earned first-team All-AAC honors in 2019 and second-team All-AAC honors in 2020.
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