Rick Stroud

4 days ago | tampabay.com | Rick Stroud

TAMPA — On the night before he left his home in south Florida to join the Bucs for rookie minicamp, Elijah Roberts gathered with his six siblings at their parents’ home for karaoke. “All our kids are grown adults, and they still want to hang with their parents,” said his mom, Dr. Shanda Roberts. “We were up to, like, 2 o’clock in the morning but it was a good time being with Elijah one more time before he went to Tampa.”Shanda is no stranger to performing.

5 days ago | sports.yahoo.com | Rick Stroud

1 / 2TAMPA — The dream board still hangs on the wall in his childhood bedroom, a handwritten manifesto of what Benjamin Morrison willed himself to become. “The definition of a dream is a future you want to happen but has not happened yet,” Morrison said. AdvertisementThey are white letters on a blackboard, arranged in chronological order. Start as a freshman. Freshman All American. Start a church group. Passion outside of football. Become a two-year starter. Become a player young kids dream to be.

5 days ago | orlandosentinel.com | Rick Stroud

TAMPA - Shilo Sanders surveyed the boxes packed in the garage of his Colorado home. The defensive back signed a one-year contract with the Bucs as an undrafted free agent and is prepared to make the move from Boulder to Tampa Bay. If he makes the team, he will earn $840,000 as a rookie, the minimum salary. Of course, Shilo is the son of Colorado coach Deion Sanders, making him a defensive back with promise and pedigree.

6 days ago | tampabay.com | Rick Stroud

TAMPA — Shilo Sanders surveyed the boxes packed in the garage of his Colorado home. The defensive back signed a one-year contract with the Bucs as an undrafted free agent and is prepared to make the move from Boulder to Tampa Bay. If he makes the team, he will earn $840,000 as a rookie, the minimum salary. Of course, Shilo is the son of Colorado coach Deion Sanders, making him a defensive back with promise and pedigree.

2 weeks ago | tampabay.com | Rick Stroud

TAMPA — When the football is in flight, spinning towards him as it cuts the air, the crowd grows silent and Emeka Egbuka tracks its arc like a centerfielder. He isn’t playing against the defensive back. He’s competing with his own aspirations and expectations. When he’s not beating everybody else for touchdowns, the receiver does a pretty good job of beating up himself. In fact, he’s the toughest opponent he’s ever faced.