Buccaneers General Manager Jason Licht broke a bit of free agent news on Friday.
Licht announced on social media that the team has agreed to terms on a new contract with tight end Ko Kieft. Licht also made Kieft a fifth-round pick in 2022.
Kieft only missed one game during his first three seasons in Tampa, but he suffered a leg injury in Week 3 last season and was not able to return to the lineup. He has eight catches for 82 yards and two touchdowns when he has been in the lineup.
The Bucs also re-signed Cade Otton this week. He joins Kieft, Payne Durham and Devin Culp on the roster at tight end.
A strange story emerged out of nowhere earlier this week, when the Buccaneers posted a statement disavowing a blue-checked Emeka Egbuka Twitter account, after the account posed the question of whether CTE is real.
“The below account is neither owned nor operated by Emeka Egbuka. It is in no way affiliated with Emeka or the Tampa Bay Buccaneers,” the gold-checked Buccaneers Communications account posted on Twitter.
The account has since been suspended, but there’s an interesting footnote. Via Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports, the Buccaneers had previously tagged the account nearly 60 times.
Glasspiegel reports that the Buccaneers’ social-media team had simply been “duped” by the fake account.
The situation highlights one of the biggest problems with Twitter since Elon Musk purchased it. (The folks at Last Week Tonight took a deep dive into the post-Musk existence of the popular platform last month.) In an effort to generate revenue, blue checks are for sale. Which allows anyone to enhance the apparent authenticity of an account by paying the monthly fee.
The PFT account on Twitter somehow received a blue check under new ownership without paying for it.
The gold check is now the only way to be completely certain that an account is legitimate. That costs, as of this posting, $2,000 per year for a “basic” subscription and $10,000 per year for the “full access” level.
Of course, any criticism of Twitter on Twitter activates the bots and incels. Case in point — look at many of the responses to our tweet posting the original story about the manner in which the Buccaneers were duped by a fake Emeka Egbuka account.
The Buccaneers have agreed to terms with edge rusher Al-Quadin Muhammad on a one-year deal with a maximum value of $6 million, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports.
Muhammad was in Tampa for a visit on Thursday.
He ranks 59th on PFT’s list of this year’s top free agents.
Muhammad made a career-high 11 sacks, while playing a rotational role for the Lions during the 2025 season. Muhammad also had three sacks in nine games after joining the team in 2024.
Muhammad also played in 80 games for the Saints, Colts and Bears before landing with the Lions.
The Buccaneers lost defensive lineman Logan Hall to the Texans this week.
The Bucs have agreed to terms with core special teams player Miles Killebrew.
Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports that Killebrew will sign a one-year, $1.8 million deal with Tampa, following special teams coordinator Danny Smith from Pittsburgh.
Killebrew, who turns 33 in May, played only five games last season before a knee injury ended his season.
He recorded five total tackles for Pittsburgh in 2025.
The veteran special teams ace was a Pro Bowler in 2023 and 2024 and first-team All-Pro in ’23.
In his career, Killebrew has played 766 defensive snaps and 2,957 on special teams. He has totaled 166 tackles, two sacks, six passes defensed and a forced fumble.
The Commanders are adding an experienced running back.
According to multiple reports, Rachaad White is signing a one-year deal with Washington.
White, 27, just completed his rookie contract with the Buccaneers. In 2025, he appeared in all 17 games with eight starts. He rushed for 572 yards with four touchdowns and caught 40 passes for 218 yards.
The deal will reunite White with quarterback Jayden Daniels, as the two were college teammates at Arizona State.
In his 67 career games with 48 starts, White has rushed for 2,656 yards with 14 touchdowns. He’s also caught 205 passes for 1,450 yards with 11 touchdowns.
