Buccaneers Add Nebraska LB Javin Wright to UDFA Class, Waive RB Michael Wiley

The Buccaneers have signed Nebraska linebacker Javin Wright as an undrafted free agent, bringing their UDFA class to 15 players. In a corresponding move, per PFT, Tampa Bay waived first-year running back Michael Wiley with a non-football injury designation.

Wright is a six-year college player who finished his career at Nebraska as the team's leading tackler in his senior season — 86 stops, nine tackles for loss, three sacks, and an interception across 12 games. Over his full college tenure he compiled 180 tackles, 12 TFLs, 3.5 sacks, and three picks. He's a high-effort, high-volume linebacker who won a starting job late in his collegiate career. That profile — productive, experienced, but undrafted — means he enters Tampa Bay's camp as a long shot to crack the 53 but a real candidate for the practice squad.

Wiley's exit is the more telling move. The former Arizona Wildcat and undrafted Commanders signing had spent time on Tampa Bay's practice squad through the back half of last season and re-signed on a futures deal in January. The NFI designation suggests a lingering physical issue that made him a roster casualty once the Bucs needed room for the incoming UDFA wave. He was never a fantasy or prop-relevant name; his departure is procedural.

For prop bettors, neither move carries direct line-moving weight on its own. Wright is a depth linebacker competing for a camp roster spot, not a starter who changes Tampa Bay's defensive scheme or opponent game-planning. That said, monitoring how the Bucs' linebacker room shakes out through OTAs and training camp matters if you're targeting opponents' rushing totals against Tampa Bay's front seven later in the year. A thinner, younger LB corps could soften the Bucs' run-stopping identity and nudge opponent rushing yards props upward in early 2026 matchups.

Bottom line: this is a roster-building footnote, not a signal. File Wright's name for camp depth chart updates and watch whether the Bucs add a veteran linebacker before the regular season.