Lavonte David says he’ll either return to the Bucs or retire for 2024

Whatever happens, don’t expect Lavonte David to wear another uniform — he plans on being a Buccaneer for life.

We may not know whether or not Lavonte David intends to play football in 2024, but one thing appears certain — he won’t put on any other uniform.

David recently spoke with WDAE on their sports radio show, and he was asked point blank if his two options were to come back to the Buccaneers or retire. David not only confirmed this in the interview, but he seemed to lean toward the former in the way he spoke about his upcoming year.

“Yeah you could say that,” David said. “It’s at the point right now in my career, you know, 12 years playing at one organization, a place that I’ve grown to be a man, where I started as a young man and I grew into a man, in the city of Tampa.”

David said that he loves the community in Tampa Bay and the work he’s been able to do for it, and that playing for a single franchise for his whole career is something valuable. And of course, he reiterated that he wants to do that and to retire as a Tampa Bay Buccaneer.

“Of course I would want to do that, I would want to stay a Buc for the rest of my career as long as I play,” David said. “At the end of the day, I do want to retire a Buc, but it’s just gotta be a mutual thing.”

David’s words (particularly “as long as I play”) seem to indicate that he’s leaning towards staying, but we’ll have to wait and see what his decision is as free agency draws nearer.

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