Tampa Bay Buccaneers undrafted rookie safety Shilo Sanders has been ejected from Saturday night’s preseason game against the Buffalo Bills after throwing a punch at Bills tight end Zach Davidson. Prior to the ejection, Sanders had recorded just one tackle. The move seems detrimental to Sanders, as he is projected to be teetering around the […]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers undrafted rookie safety Shilo Sanders has been ejected from Saturday night’s preseason game against the Buffalo Bills after throwing a punch at Bills tight end Zach Davidson. Prior to the ejection, Sanders had recorded just one tackle.
The move seems detrimental to Sanders, as he is projected to be teetering around the cut-line for Tampa Bay’s 53-man roster next week.
“He’s coming along. He’s getting the scheme down,” Bucs head coach Todd Bowlessaid about Sanders earlier this month. “He’s made plays like everybody else back there. There are a few tests that come up during the preseason – Tuesday night was one, and the other three preseason games and practices will be others. He’s got a chance to make it.”
Davidson continued blocking Sanders as the play moved elsewhere, but Sanders throwing the punch completely ended the play and his night. In his three preseason games, the Colorado alum recorded four tackles.
Shilo and Shedeur Sanders are both looking to make 53-man rosters
Sanders played for his father at Colorado the last two years alongside his brother, Shedeur, who is looking to make the Cleveland Browns roster. The elder Sanders totaled 137 tackles during that time, including three tackles for loss, a sack and an interception. That includes 67 tackles, including two for loss, last season.
Sanders began his career at South Carolina before joining Coach Prime at Jackson State and, eventually, at Colorado. Now, he’s looking to make an NFL roster this season.
In fact, Deion Sanders visited Bucs training camp to check in on how Shilo was performing. Bowles made it clear the visit was just to see his son as a father, not to meet with the head coach.
“He came to visit his son; he didn’t come to visit me,” Bowles said. “He strictly came to see Shilo. I guarantee you he didn’t come to see me. Not that I don’t like him, but he’s a father going to visit his son. Who wouldn’t be proud to have their son trying out in the NFL?”
The Buccaneers finish up preseason play Saturday night as they march toward the 2025 season. Tampa Bay is set to kick things off in Week 1 with a matchup against the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 7.
On3’s Nick Schultz contributed to this report.
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