Bucs RB Sean Tucker named NFC Offensive Player of the Week

Headlining the team with 136 rushing yards, three receptions for 56 yards, and two total touchdowns was Bucs running back Sean Tucker.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers set a franchise record with 594 net yards of offense in Sunday’s 51-27 victory over the New Orleans Saints.

While the Saints’ defense posted a box score that showed three interceptions, they had no answer for the Bucs’ offensive attack. Headlining the team with 136 rushing yards, three receptions for 56 yards, and two total touchdowns was Bucs running back Sean Tucker, who has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week for Week 6.

Not only did the second-year running back gash the Saints defense, averaging a sweltering 9.7 yards per carry on 14 carries, but Tucker’s 192 yards from scrimmage were also the third-highest in a single game through six weeks of the 2024 NFL season, trailing only Derrick Henry’s 209-yard and Ja’Marr Chase’s 193-yard performances.

Following Tucker’s dominating performance, he entered elite company, becoming the fourth RB in Bucs franchise history (Doug Martin x2, Warrick Dunn x2, and James Wilder) to total 192+ yards from scrimmage.

Adding further to the impressive resume that Tucker built in Week 6, this becomes the first Offensive Player of the Week award that a Bucs running back has won since Leonard Fournette against the Indianapolis Colts in Week 12 of 2021.

WATCH: Top highlights from RB James Wilder’s career with Bucs

Check out this awesome highlight reel of running back James Wilder’s legendary career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

The early history of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers is filled with plenty of low points, but one of the bright spots of those first two decades was one of the NFL’s most dynamic running backs, James Wilder.

Wilder was a dual-threat playmaker who could shred opposing defenses as both a runner and a receiver, putting up some of the best numbers in franchise history for the Bucs.

Many of Wilder’s franchise records stood for decades, and his place as a Bucs legend will be forever cemented.

In case you forgot just how special he was, check out this awesome highlight reel:

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Six great Bucs players of the ‘creamsicle’ era

In honor of Tampa Bay’s return to the creamiscles on Sunday, here are some of the best players of the creamsicle era in Tampa Bay from 1976 to 1996:

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are bringing out their throwback “creamsicle” uniforms on Sunday, and they’ll be looking to win in a uniform that doesn’t have a whole lot of history of seeing many.

The orange and white era of Bucs history is far more often dire than not, but that doesn’t mean that every player on those teams was bad. There were actually quite a few contributors who donned a helmet with Bucco Bruce on the side, with some of them earning a spot in the Bucs’ Ring of Honor and beyond to the Hall of Fame.

In honor of the Bucs wearing those uniforms against the Lions on Sunday, we compiled (in no particular order) six great Buccaneers players from the “creamsicle” era of Tampa Bay football:

The top 5 rushing leaders in Buccaneers history

Take a look at the top five career rushing leaders for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers used a third-round pick in last month’s draft to bolster their backfield by selecting Vanderbilt running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn.

Vaughn will join incumbent Ronald Jones, and hopefully provide another threat in what is already looking like a potent offense. Quarterback Tom Brady loves utilizing his backs, so you can expect both Vaughn and Jones, and maybe even seventh-rounder Raymond Calais, to play an integral role in this offense.

Tampa Bay has certainly had its fair share of talented backs throughout their history. With that, let’s take a look at the top five rushing leaders in Buccaneers history.

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