Buccaneers Place CB Vernon Hargreaves On IR, Re-Sign DE Will Clarke

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers announced Wednesday that theyโ€™ve placed CB Vernon Hargreaves on injured reserve with a season-ending shoulder injury and re-signed DE Will Clarke.

Tampa Bay also signed OT Jarron Jones to their practice squad.

The Buccaneersโ€™ practice squad now consists of:

  1. OL Cole Boozer
  2. DE Demone Harris
  3. TE Tanner Hudson
  4. S Godwin Igwebuike
  5. DL Jeremiah Ledbetter
  6. LB Eric Nzeocha (International)
  7. DE Patrick Oโ€™Connor
  8. RB Dare Ogunbowale
  9. WR Bobo Wilson
  10. DB Jeff Richards
  11. OT Jarron Jones

Hargreaves, 23, is a former first-round pick of the Buccaneers back in 2016. Heโ€™s currently in the third year of his four-year, $14.17 million contract that includes $14.17 million guaranteed and stands to make a base salary of $2.38 million this season.

The contract also includes a fifth-year option for the Buccaneers to pick up in 2019.

Hargreaves landed on the Buccaneersโ€™ injured reserve last season after sustaining a hamstring injury, so this would be a big blow to Tampa Bay.

In 2017, Hargreaves appeared in nine games for the Buccaneers and recorded 42 tackles, no interceptions and five pass defenses.

Clarke, 27, is a former third-round pick of the Bengals back in 2014. He was in the final year of his four-year, $2,820,380 contract and set to make a base salary of $700,000 when the Bengals elected to cut him loose last year as they trimmed their roster down to 53 players.

The Buccaneers later signed Clake to a contract at the start of the season and brought him back on a new contract this past March. However, he was released last week.

In 2017, Clarke appeared in 15 games for the Buccaneers and recorded 15 tackles, 2.5 sacks, a fumble recovery and a pass defense. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 84 edge rusher out of 106 qualifying players.

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