Tag: Chidi Ahanotu

WATCH: Bucs LB Lavonte David gets a strip-sack of Jalen Hurts

Lavonte David comes up with a huge defensive play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers again.

Lavonte David comes up with a huge defensive play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers again.

With the Philadelphia Eagles in the red zone looking to cut the Bucs lead down to one score, David records a strip-sack on Jalen Hurts, giving the Bucs linebacker his 30th career forced fumble.

With the 30th forced fumble under his belt, David is now tied with Khalil Mack for the lead among active players. The 13-year veteran has totaled 34.5 career sacks, which ties him for seventh-most in Bucs franchise history with Chidi Ahanotu.

  1. Warren Sapp – 77.0
  2. Simeon Rice – 69.5
  3. Gerald McCoy – 54.5
  4. Shaquil Barrett – 45.0
  5. Chidi Ahanotu – 34.5

Former Bucs DE Chidi Ahanotu says he got punched in face by NFL executive at Super Bowl

Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive end Chidi Ahanotu says he was punched in the face by another former Buc at the Super Bowl

Well, this is a strange one.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers aren’t playing in the Super Bowl this year, but they’re still managing to make some news in Arizona, courtesy of a couple of former players, and not for the best reasons.

Former Bucs defensive end Chidi Ahanotu tweeted out a picture early Sunday morning of what appears to be some bloody paper towels on a bathroom counter, claiming that former Bucs offensive tackle (and current NFL VP of Football Development) Roman Oben punched him in the face.

Ahanotu says he slapped Oben in return, after strong words were apparently exchanged (Warning: Tweet contains profanity):

 

Ahanotu played for the Bucs from 1993 through 2000, and then again in 2004. Oben played two seasons in Tampa Bay while Ahanotu was playing elsewhere, including the team’s first Super Bowl campaign in 2002.

Here’s a more detailed account of what happened, according to Ahanotu:

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