Buccaneers announced that they waived running back Ke’Shawn Vaughn.

Related Players: Rachaad White, Chase Edmonds, Sean Tucker

The former third-round pick has only accrued 125 rushing attempts over his four seasons with the team, including 24 in 2023. This shouldn't do anything to mix up the current rotation, with Rachaad White far and away the RB1.

Buccaneers running back Chase Edmonds is headed for tests on his injured knee.

Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that Edmonds will have an MRI on Monday after leaving Sunday’s win over the Bears with an injury. There is particular concern about an injury to Edmonds’ MCL.

Related players: Rachaad White, Sean Tucker, Ke'Shawn Vaughn

Edmonds signed with the Bucs in March and he’s seen action on offense and special teams over the first two weeks of the season. He had two carries for eight yards in the opener and two carries for 12 yards against the Bears. White and Tucker are the top two backs for the Bucs but this injury could mean Vaughn gets into the lineup as the RB3 if Edmonds misses time.

While it was assumed a talent of Sean Tucker's caliber could make the roster if healthy, climbing the depth chart to plant himself as the main backup to Rachaad White was impressive. Going from undrafted to RB2 means a lot to the rookie runner.

“I just want to showcase my talents and provide whatever I can to the team,” Tucker said. “I want to help us win going into the season and just making the 53 (man roster) is a dream come true and is somewhere I’ve always wanted to be.”

Related players: Chase Edmonds, Ke'Shawn Vaughn

Tucker's story is a great one. At one time he was primed to be a Day 2 pick in the NFL Draft, but ended up not even getting drafted. He signed with the Bucs after the draft and from there climbed the depth chart and beat out veterans Edmonds and Vaughn. Tucker ran for 81 yards on 23 carries, adding 22 yards on five receptions. He also had a 12-yard touchdown called back against the Steelers. Tucker seems like a smart pickup for those who own White in leagues this season.

Buccaneers are signing former Broncos’ running back Chase Edmonds to a one-year deal.

Related Players: Javonte Williams, Samaje Perine, Rachaad White, Ke'Shawn Vaughn

Edmonds will more than likely split snaps with Ke'Shawn Vaughn and possibly even another late-round running back in Tampa Bay.

Per Leonard, "I hate when people be on here just talking saying I’m out of shape etc do y’all understand I’m playing with a lisfranc in my foot every week can barley push off my foot but through the Grace of God I’m going to keep proving y’all wrong."

Related Players: Rachaad White, Ke'Shawn Vaughn

While it's admirable that Fournette is plugging away on an injured foot, he's also averaging 3.6 yards per carry on the season and has such lowlights as his three-week stretch between Weeks 7-9 when he accumulated 62 yards on 26 rushes (2.3 YPA). Look for Rachaad White to continue seeing a bigger role over the final two weeks of the season.

Despite suffering a hip pointer vs. the Seahawks, Buccaneers’ RB Leonard Fournette is likely to be ready for Tampa Bay’s next game after its bye at Cleveland.

Related Players: Rachaad White, Ke'Shawn Vaughn

We'll see how the workload is split after the bye, but Rachaad White was nipping at Fournette's heels prior to the injury and ultimately made great use of his 22 carries, converting them into 105 yards (4.8 YPA). Tampa Bay has a multitude of reasons to incorporate White more into the offense for the rest of the regular season, but we'll see how the injury news plays out over the next two weeks.

Rachaad White listed as Buccaneers RB2.

Related players: Leonard Fournette, Ke'shawn Vaughn

Fournette owners take note. White, a rookie, is listed as the team's RB2 ahead of Vaughn.

Breer calls Rachaad White the best passing-game running back Tom Brady has had since he arrived in Tampa Bay.

Related Players: Leonard Fournette, Ke'Shawn Vaughn, Giovani Bernard

This comes on the back of Greg Auman of the Athletic, labeling Gio Bernard as a likely cut candidate ahead of the season's start. Two completely unrelated sources are projecting Rachaad White with a significant —mostly third-down— role, and where there is smoke, there is often fire. If White has a firm grasp of the role, there's not a very good chance Fournette duplicates his 84 target performance from 2021.

The Bucs are strongly considering a bare-bones, three-RB depth chart heading into the season; Leonard Fournette, rookie Rachaad White, and Ke'Shawn Vaughn.

While Bernard likely didn't offer any intrinsic fantasy value himself, this does open up the door for more playing time behind Fournette for the rookie and the former 2020 3rd-round pick. Rachaad White will likely be the biggest winner, rotating with Fournette, who finished 12th in backfield touch% last season. If Fournette were to suffer an injury, the team would assuredly make a move in free agency with such a thin depth chart.

Buccaneers RB Ronald Jones (ankle) and WR Cyril Grayson (hamstring) will miss Sunday's Super Wild Card game against the Philadelphia Eagles. WR Justin Watson (quad) is questionable.

Related Players: Leonard Fournette, Giovani Bernard, Ke'Shawn Vaughn, Le'Veon Bell

Not ideal for the Bucs, especially if Fournette and/or Bernard is not activated from IR against the Eagles. Philly is very good against the run and Tampa will need one of their better options to suit up.