No. 10 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Position: | Wide receiver | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Born: | Kentwood, Louisiana, U.S. | April 2, 2001||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||
Career information | |||||||||
High school: | Kentwood (LA) | ||||||||
College: | |||||||||
NFL draft: | 2023 / Round: 6 / Pick: 191 | ||||||||
Career history | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Roster status: | Active | ||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||||||
| |||||||||
Player stats at PFR |
Raymontre Palmer (born April 2, 2001) is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU and Nebraska. He was selected by the Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2023 NFL draft.
Palmer attended Kentwood High Magnet School in Kentwood, Louisiana. [1] He played wide receiver and safety in high school. He committed to Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college football. [2] [3] [4]
Palmer played at LSU from 2019 to 2021. [5] In three years he had 41 receptions for 458 yards and three touchdowns over 28 games. [6] He transferred to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2022. [7] [8] [9] While at the University of Nebraska, Trey Palmer set the single-season receiving yards record at 1,043 and did so in his final game against Iowa where he caught nine passes for 165 yards and two touchdowns (87 & 18 yards). Additionally, he also set Nebraska's reception by a wide receiver record at 71. Against Purdue, he had a record breaking game where he caught seven passes for a staggering 237 yards & two touchdowns. Interestingly, this marked only the third 200 yard receiving game in Nebraska history as he finished the game with 297 all purpose yards. This performance led to Palmer becoming the first player (since 2000) to have 225 receiving yards and 50 rushing yards in the same game. [10]
Palmer's performance was awarded with being recognized as a second-team All-Big Ten selection by the league media and a third-team pick by the conference coaches.
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 ft 0+1⁄4 in (1.84 m) | 192 lb (87 kg) | 31+7⁄8 in (0.81 m) | 9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 4.33 s | 1.51 s | 2.52 s | 4.26 s | 7.13 s | 29.5 in (0.75 m) | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) | ||
Sources: [11] [12] |
Palmer was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round with the 191st overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft. [13] In his NFL debut in Week 1, he scored a receiving touchdown in the 20–17 win over the Vikings. [14] He finished with 39 receptions for 385 yards and three touchdowns as a rookie. [15] In the Wild Card Round victory over the Eagles, Palmer scored his first postseason touchdown on a 56-yard reception. [16]
Legend | |
---|---|
Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
2023 | TB | 17 | 8 | 39 | 385 | 9.9 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2024 | TB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 17 | 8 | 39 | 385 | 9.9 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
2023 | TB | 2 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 2 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vincent Terrell Jackson was an American professional football wide receiver who played for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Northern Colorado Bears, and was selected by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2005 NFL draft. He also played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Jackson was selected to the Pro Bowl three times and exceeded 1,000 receiving yards six times in his career. Jackson died in 2021, with the official cause of his death reported as chronic alcohol abuse. An autopsy found Stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy in his brain.
Michael Rashard Clayton is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 15th overall in the 2004 NFL draft.
David Edward Moore is an American former football tight end and long snapper who played in the National Football League (NFL) with the played for the Miami Dolphins, the Buffalo Bills, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers over the span of his 15-year career. His last official game was the 2007 Pro Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii. Moore didn't miss more than two games in any season for his entire Buccaneers career since first joining the team in 1993. At the time of his retirement, he was the fourth tight end in NFL history to play 200 career games. In fact, before him, only 206 NFL players had accomplished this feat in the entirety of the National Football League's existence. During his career he had a rate of one touchdown scored for every 7.7 passes caught, which was the best touchdown rate by any player in Buccaneers history who had at least 50 career receptions.
Louis Morris Murphy Jr. is a former American football wide receiver. He played college football for the University of Florida, where he was a member of two BCS National Championship teams. The Oakland Raiders selected him in the fourth round of the 2009 NFL Draft, and he also played for the Carolina Panthers, New York Giants, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and San Francisco 49ers.
Michael Anthony Williams was an American professional football player who was a wide receiver for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Syracuse Orange, and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 2010 NFL Draft. He also played in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills.
Michael Lynn Evans III is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Evans played college football for the Texas A&M Aggies, earning consensus All-American honors after recording a school record of 1,394 receiving yards on 69 receptions in 2013. He was selected by the Buccaneers in the first round with the seventh overall pick in the 2014 NFL draft.
Cameron Brate is an American football tight end who is a free agent. He played college football at Harvard.
Breshad Raynard Perriman is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at UCF and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the first round of the 2015 NFL Draft. He has also been a member of the Washington Redskins, Cleveland Browns, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, New York Jets, Detroit Lions, Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts.
Oterrius Jabari "O. J." Howard is an American football tight end who is a free agent. He played college football at Alabama, and was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round of the 2017 NFL Draft.
Adam Humphries is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at Clemson and signed as an undrafted free agent with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2015. He has also been a member of the Tennessee Titans, Washington Football Team and Houston Texans.
Rod Christopher Godwin Jr. is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn State and was selected by the Buccaneers in the third round of the 2017 NFL draft. He won a Super Bowl championship in Super Bowl LV over the Kansas City Chiefs.
David James Moore is an American football wide receiver for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at East Central University and was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the seventh round of the 2017 NFL Draft. He has also previously played in the NFL for the Denver Broncos, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bears, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Justin Howard Watson is an American football wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Penn and was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 2018 NFL Draft. Watson is a three-time Super Bowl champion, winning Super Bowl LV with the Buccaneers and Super Bowl LVII and LVIII with the Chiefs.
Russell Gage Jr. is an American football wide receiver who is a free agent. He played college football at LSU, and was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
Scott Thomas Miller is an American football wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Bowling Green and was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL Draft.
Tyler Johnson is an American football wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Minnesota, and was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fifth round of the 2020 NFL Draft. He also briefly played for the Houston Texans.
Rakim Jarrett is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Maryland and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Buccaneers after the 2023 NFL draft.
Kaylon Trevell Geiger Sr. is an American professional football wide receiver for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Navarro, Troy, and Texas Tech and was signed by the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2022.
Kade Warner is an American football wide receiver for the San Antonio Brahmas of the United Football League (UFL). He played college football at Nebraska and Kansas State.
Ryan McKnight Miller is an American football wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Furman Paladins and was signed by the Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2023.