Tampa Bay Buccaneers security Jordan Whitehead was injured in a automotive accident on Saturday morning on his strategy to the staff facility and has been positioned on the non-football harm listing.
The staff introduced the information on Saturday afternoon.
He’ll miss Sunday’s recreation in opposition to the New Orleans Saints, and if the Buccaneers qualify for the playoffs, he’ll probably be sidelined for a number of weeks.
There isn’t any instant replace on the extent of Whitehead’s accidents, however they’re extreme sufficient to maintain him out of the lineup for an prolonged interval.
Whitehead is in his second stint with Tampa Bay and appeared in 12 video games in 2024. He recorded 79 complete tackles, two for loss, one quarterback hit and three go defenses.
He spent the earlier two years with the New York Jets. The Buccaneers initially chosen him within the fourth spherical of the 2018 NFL Draft.
If Tampa Bay wins Sunday, they are going to clinch the NFC South. They may want the Atlanta Falcons to lose to the Carolina Panthers to clinch the division in the event that they lose.
