Sean Tucker (American football)

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Sean Tucker
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Tucker with the Buccaneers in 2023
No. 44 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Position: Running back / Kickoff returner
Personal information
Born: (2001-10-25) October 25, 2001 (age 23)
Owings Mills, Maryland, U.S.
Height:5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight:205 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High school: Calvert Hall
(Towson, Maryland)
College: Syracuse (2020–2022)
Undrafted: 2023
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of Week 13, 2024
Rushing yards:212
Rushing average:4.7
Rushing touchdowns:2
Receptions:10
Receiving yards:113
Receiving touchdowns:1
Return yards:190
Stats at Pro Football Reference

Sean Lance Tucker (born October 25, 2001) is an American professional football running back and kickoff returner for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Syracuse Orange and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Buccaneers after the 2023 NFL draft.

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Early life

Tucker was born on October 25, 2001, in Owings Mills, Maryland. He attended Calvert Hall in Towson, Maryland, [1] [2] where he played football and also ran track. [3] [4] Considered one of the top running back prospects in Maryland by ESPN (#14), 247Sports (#27, rated three-star [5] ) and Rivals (#27), Tucker was recruited by Syracuse assistant coach Reno Ferri. [6]

College career

2020

As a freshman in 2020, Tucker was named Syracuse's starting running back four games into the season following a rash of injuries and opt-outs due to COVID-19 pandemic. He ran for the third-most yards (626 yards) and the second-most yards per game (69.9) in a single season by a Syracuse Orange freshman ever. He was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Running Back of the Week twice and led all freshmen running backs in the ACC in rushing yards per game.

2021

During the breakout 2021 season, Tucker totaled 1,496 rushing yards during the 2021 regular season, fourth best among all Division I FBS players. [7] He became the first player in program history to rush for over 1,000 yards in eight games or less and set the program record for most 100-yard games in a season (8) and most consecutive 100 yards games at 7. He broke Joe Morris's 42-year record for Syracuse's most single-season rushing yards in game against NC State. In addition to breaking this record set in 1979, Tucker also overtook Syracuse greats such as Floyd Little, Walter Reyes, and Larry Csonka. [8] [9] In the game against Albany, Tucker had a combined 253 yards (132 rushing, 121 receiving) and five touchdowns, becoming the first player in program history to have both 100+ rushing yards and 100+ receiving yards. [10] Tucker surpassed 1,000-yard mark in win over Virginia Tech. [5] Against Boston College, he amassed a career-high 207 rushing yards. [11]

Tucker was named to the Associated Press midseason All-America first team. [12] ESPN college football analyst Trevor Matich named Tucker one of four candidates for the Heisman Trophy. [13] He was the semifinalists for the Doak Walker Award as well as the Maxwell Award. [14] [15] Tucker was named the ACC Running Back of the Week multiple times. [16]

Tucker was named to first-team All-ACC, [17] first-team All-American by Football Writers Association of America, ESPN and second-team All-American by the Associated Press, Walter Camp Football Foundation, and American Football Coaches Association. [18] [19] [20] [21] [22]

Statistics

SeasonGamesRushingReceiving
GPGSAttYardsAvgTDAttYardsAvgTD
Syracuse Orange
2020 951376264.84811314.10
2021 12122461,4966.1122025512.82
2022 12122061,0605.111362547.12
Career 33295893,1825.427646229.74

Professional career

Pre-draft measurables
HeightWeightArm lengthHand span
5 ft 9+1⁄4 in
(1.76 m)		207 lb
(94 kg)		30 in
(0.76 m)		9+1⁄2 in
(0.24 m)
All values from the NFL Combine [23] [24]

After going undrafted in 2023 NFL draft, Tucker signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent on April 29, 2023. [25] [26] On August 29, 2023, the Buccaneers announced that he had made the initial 53-man roster. [27] In Week 1 of the 2023 season Tucker saw action against the Minnesota Vikings having 5 carries for 15 yards and 2 receptions for 9 yards.

In Week 6 of the 2024 season, Tucker rushed for 136 yards and a touchdown, plus three catches for 56 yards and a touchdown in a 51-27 win over the New Orleans Saints, earning NFC Offensive Player of the Week. [28]

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