Tykee Smith holds the SS · Starter spot in Tampa Bay Buccaneers’s safety room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Tykee Smith played 16 games in 2025 with a 91% snap share.

Tykee Smith is a safety for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 5'10", 205 pounds, with two years of NFL experience. The Buccaneers selected him in the third round (89th overall) of the 2024 NFL Draft. Smith played college football at West Virginia and Georgia, winning two College Football Playoff National Championships with the Bulldogs. In his 2025 season, Smith recorded 2.0 sacks, 1.0 interception, and 13 passes defended. Over his rookie 2024 campaign, he appeared in 13 games with 53 tackles, three forced fumbles, two interceptions, and two quarterback hits, becoming the first rookie since 2018 to record three-or-more forced fumbles and two-or-more interceptions in a single season.

West Virginiathrough 2020

Georgia2021 – 2023

Buccaneers2024 — present

CollegeGeorgia; West VirginiaDraftRound 3 · No. 89 overall · 2024 · TBHometownPhiladelphia, PA