Deshawn McKnight — Tampa Bay Buccaneers DL | 2026 depth chart & profile

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Deshawn McKnight

DL · Rookie

ROOKIE UDFA

Current depth chart

DLNot on depth chartROOKIE UDFA

Injured Reserve — Hamstring · Currently unavailable

Depth relationships

DL194Calijah Kancey→DL295Elijah Roberts→

Bio

Deshawn McKnight is a right defensive end who stands 6'1" and weighs 288 pounds. A product of the University of Arizona, McKnight joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers organization. He wears number 73 for the team.

Player information

Height6'1"Weight283 lbHometownSumter, SCAge23CollegeArizona · Tennessee-MartinDrafted2026 · BuccaneersExperienceRookie season

Contract

$1.0Mper year · AAV

Years 3Guaranteed $258KCap 0.3%

T-35 of 107 · DL market by AAV

T35

Khristian Boyd$1.0M T35

Rene Konga$1.0M T35

Deshawn McKnight$1.0M T35

Kelvin Gilliam$1.0M T35

Mikail Kamara$1.0M

Career path

TENNESSEE-MARTINCollege

ARIZONAthrough 2025

BUCCANEERSCurrent roster

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