TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have reached settlement with beginning cornerback Zyon McCollum on a three-year, $48 million contract extension, brokers Drew and Jason Rosenhaus and Robert Bailey informed ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday.
The deal consists of $35.4 million assured and retains McCollum in Tampa Bay via the 2028 season, the brokers mentioned.
Tampa Bay additionally locked up beginning proper deal with Luke Goedeke with a four-year, $90 million deal Tuesday, crossing off two main extensions the Buccaneers had hoped to wrap up earlier than the beginning of the 2025 season.
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A fifth-round choice within the 2022 NFL draft, McCollum labored his method right into a beginning function after seeing important motion in 2023, when he began 9 regular-season video games as a result of accidents suffered by Carlton Davis and Jamel Dean.
McCollum began all 17 video games in 2024, permitting a 57.4% completion price — his lowest allowed in three seasons — with 2 interceptions, 17 move breakups and 82 tackles.
One in all McCollum’s most impactful performs of the 2024 season was a third-and-5 move breakup with 47 seconds to go that not solely preserved the Buccaneers’ one-point lead over the New Orleans Saints within the season finale — propelling Tampa Bay to its fourth straight division title — but additionally helped Mike Evans safe his eleventh consecutive 1,000-yard season. McCollum additionally had a key interception within the Buccaneers’ 20-16 upset of the Detroit Lions in Week 2.
Along with his on-field success, McCollum acquired the Professional Soccer Writers of America Tampa Chapter’s “Good Man Award” in 2024 for his cooperation with the native media.
