The Tampa Bay Buccaneersย announced Thursday that they’ve signed second-round DE Noah Spence to a four-year contract.
Spence wound up being selected with theย No. 39 overall pick by the Buccaneers. There was talk that he could end up being a first-round pick, considering that some evaluators believed he was the best pure pass-rusher in the draft.
However, the Buccaneers manged to get him on day two of the draft and now have a solid pass-rusher to develop in the coming years.
According toย OverTheCap.com, Spence receives aย four-year contract worth $6,036,312ย to go along with a signing bonus of $2,590,044.
During his one year at Eastern Kentucky, Spence recorded 63 tackles, 22.5 tackles for a loss, 11.5 sacks, three forced fumbles and two recoveries
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