Linebacker Lavonte David is returning for his thirteenth season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, agreeing to a one-year, $9 million contract, a supply advised ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.
The contract has a most worth of $10 million, the supply mentioned.
David turns into the third key participant to return to the Buccaneers, who beforehand re-signed star vast receiver Mike Evans and agreed to a brand new contract with beginning quarterback Baker Mayfield.
After his contract expired in 2022, David returned to the Bucs on a one-year deal value $7 million. David led the crew with 134 tackles and 17 tackles for a loss and had 4.5 sacks, a pressured fumble and 5 go breakups.
David, 34, was the one participant within the NFL in 2023 with 100-plus tackles, 15-plus tackles for a loss and 3-plus sacks. David’s 17 tackles for loss are the second most in a single season by a participant age 33 or older because the stat was first tracked in 2008, behind solely J.J. Watt’s 18 in 2022. David’s 1,035 solo tackles are essentially the most of any participant within the NFL since 2012 and eleventh most because the NFL started monitoring this metric in 1994. His 18 fumble recoveries are additionally essentially the most within the NFL since 2012, whereas his 28 pressured fumbles are fourth most.
A second-round draft decide by the Bucs in 2012, David was named a crew captain for 10 straight seasons. His 181 regular-season video games are second most in franchise historical past behind Professional Soccer Corridor of Famer Ronde Barber (208), whereas his 11,863 defensive snaps are essentially the most in franchise historical past. He’s the franchise chief in pressured fumbles (28) and fumble recoveries.
Off the sphere, David’s Lavonte David Basis offers school scholarships and faculty provides to college students demonstrating monetary want in Hillsborough and Miami-Dade counties.
ESPN’s Jenna Laine contributed to this report.
