Antoine Winfield Jr. holds the FS · Starter spot in Tampa Bay Buccaneers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Antoine Winfield Jr. played 17 games in 2025 with a 100% snap share.

Antoine Winfield Jr. is a 5'9", 205-pound free safety for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Selected 45th overall in the 2020 NFL Draft, he has appeared in all 68 regular season games as a starter, accumulating 441 tackles (20 for loss), 30 passes defensed, 17.0 sacks, 11 forced fumbles, nine fumble recoveries and seven interceptions. In 2025, Winfield recorded two interceptions, eight passes defensed and 1.0 sack. A 2021 Pro Bowl selection and 2023 AP First-Team All-Pro, he earned Super Bowl LV Champion honors. Winfield played college football at Minnesota, where he started 33 games and recorded 177 tackles with nine interceptions.

Minnesota2016 – 2019

Buccaneers2020 — present

CollegeMinnesotaDraftRound 2 · No. 45 overall · 2020 · TBHometownThe Woodlands, TX