The Tampa Bay Buccaneers open up their 2026 preseason slate on Saturday with a game against the New York Jets in the Meadowlands. It will likely be contested by younger players and those battling for the last spots on the regular season roster. As such, it probably will not provide many clues as to how the depth chart is shaking out. Still, the NFL requires teams to release a depth chart prior to their preseason openers, even though many of the battles for spots on that chart are still being waged.
Thus, we have the Buccaneers' first official – if not exactly set in stone – depth chart of 2026, which was published on Monday as part of the game release distributed by the team's Communications Department. The listed starters are not exactly surprising; the Buccaneers are returning a high percentage of their starters from last season, particularly on offense.
There are some listings of note on this work-in-progress depth chart. First-round draft pick Rueben Bain Jr. is the only rookie listed among the starters, though several of his teammates from the 2026 draft class are expected to earn significant roles. With Mike Evans not on the squad for the first time in 13 years, the listed starters at wide receiver are Jalen McMillan, Chris Godwin and Emeka Egbuka. Second-year cornerback Jacob Parrish has been running with the first team defense as an outside corner for the duration of training camp, and that's indicated here with his listing as a starter opposite Zyon McCollum. Incumbent starter SirVocea Dennis is one of the two linebackers listed as starters but he is getting significant competition for that job from rookie Josiah Trotter. Again, however, these are all developing situations.
Here's the first listing of the 22 starters on offense and defense for the 2026 Buccaneers:
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LB Alex Anzalone #34

OLB Rueben Bain Jr. #3

S Marcus Banks #39

C Graham Barton #62

QB Connor Bazelak #8

OLB Chris Braswell #43

G Ben Bredeson #68

QB Jake Browning #5

LB John Bullock #57

WR Kadarius Calloway #49

DL DeMonte Capehart #90

T Benjamin Chukwuma #70

TE Devin Culp #82

LS Scott Daly #71

QB Jalon Daniels #10

LS Evan Deckers #86

LB SirVocea Dennis #8

OLB Yaya Diaby #0

P Riley Dixon #9

TE Payne Durham #87

WR Emeka Egbuka #2

G Dan Feeney #65

TE Kenny Fletcher Jr. #81

T Marshall Foerner #74

LB Caden Fordham #46

RB Kenneth Gainwell #1

CB Ayden Garnes #24

WR Chris Godwin Jr. #14

G Luke Goedeke #67

DL Josiah Green #96

WR Garrett Greene #85

T Luke Haggard #72

DB Josh Hayes #32

OLB Yasir Holmes #57

WR Dennis Houston #89

WR Ted Hurst III #17

DL Nash Hutmacher #64

RB Bucky Irving #7

LB Nick Jackson #53

WR Kameron Johnson #19

WR Tez Johnson #15

DL Jayson Jones #93

OLB Mohamed Kamara #59

DL Calijah Kancey #94

TE Ko Kieft #41

S Miles Killebrew #29

G Elijah Klein #79

G Henry Lutovsky #61

G Cody Mauch #69

QB Baker Mayfield #6

CB Zyon McCollum #27

DL Deshawn McKnight #73

K Chase McLaughlin #4

WR Jalen McMillan #11

S Ifeatu Melifonwu

CB Benjamin Morrison #21

OLB Al-Quadin Muhammad #97

OLB Anthony Nelson #98

DT Rakeem Nuñez-Roches #56

TE Cade Otton #88

CB Roman Parodie

CB Jacob Parrish #25

WR Dean Patterson #8

K B.T. Potter #33

OLB Jack Pyburn #58

WR Eric Rivers Jr. #83

DL Elijah Roberts #95

JJ Roberts #36

DL A'Shawn Robinson #91

LB Christian Rozeboom #52

T Paul Rubelt #76

G Billy Schrauth #75

G Ben Scott #66

DB Keionte Scott #22

TE Bauer Sharp #84

DL Travis Shaw

WR David Sills V #80

DL Elijah Simmons #92

T Justin Skule #77

S Tykee Smith #23

LB Josiah Trotter #45

RB Sean Tucker #44

NT Vita Vea #50

OLB David Walker #51

CB Damarion Williams #28

RB Josh Williams #37

26 S Xavier Williams (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

S Antoine Winfield Jr. #31

T Tristan Wirfs #78

S Rashad Wisdom #38

LB Javin Wright #48
OFFENSE:
WR: Jalen McMillan
WR: Chris Godwin
LT: Tristan Wirfs *
LG: Ben Bredeson
C: Graham Barton
RG: Cody Mauch
RT: Luke Goedeke
WR: Emeka Egbuka
TE: Cade Otton
QB: Baker Mayfield
RB: Bucky Irving
* Currently not practicing due to injury
DEFENSE:
DL: Calijah Kancey
NT: Vita Vea *
DL: A'Shawn Robinson
OLB: Yaya Diaby
ILB: SirVocea Dennis
ILB: Alex Anzalone
OLB: Rueben Bain Jr. ^
CB: Jacob Parrish
CB: Zyon McCollum
S: Antoine Winfield Jr.
S: Tykee Smith
* Currently not practicing due to injury
^ Rookie
Click here to view the Buccaneers' entire first depth chart of 2026.































