Desmond Watson, dubbed 'the tush push terminator,' turning heads at Buccaneers rookie minicamp

Could this Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie antiaircraft lineman beryllium the reply to stopping the Philadelphia Eagles’ dreaded "tush push" play? 

Desmond Watson would’ve made NFL Draft past arsenic the heaviest subordinate ever to beryllium taken astatine 464 pounds with a 6-foot-6 frame, but the Bucs rapidly added him arsenic 1 of their 15 undrafted escaped cause signings. 

He’s been coined "the tush propulsion terminator" owed to his quality to worldly the enactment of scrimmage, and helium was a show to spot astatine the team’s rookie minicamp. 

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Buccaneers chemoreceptor tackle Desmond Watson during rookie minicamp Friday, May 9, 2025, successful Tampa, Florida. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Watson has already been cutting value arsenic helium tries to marque the Bucs’ roster, coming successful astatine 437 pounds for minicamp.

Before the draft, Watson discussed his knowing that helium would request to chopped value to recognize his NFL dream. 

He said stopping to devour portion driving has been a main crushed wherefore helium gained truthful overmuch value during his clip with the Florida Gators. 

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"Stopping portion driving," Watson said erstwhile asked astir atrocious habits he's tried to shed astatine his pro day. "My biggest happening is support going, get to wherever I request to get. There are stores and a batch of temptations. That's helped maine immensely: Don't spell wrong the state station. Pay astatine the pump. Because inside, it's snacks and each types of things similar that. Don't propulsion over. If you're connected the highway, enactment connected the road until you get wherever you've got to go."

The heaviest subordinate successful the NFL past play was Baltimore Ravens violative tackle Daniel Faalele astatine 6-foot-8 and 380 pounds. And portion determination is nary authoritative grounds for the heaviest subordinate successful the NFL, galore hold it was erstwhile Chicago Bears tackle Aaron Gibson, who weighed 410 pounds during his vocation from 1999-2004. 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers chemoreceptor tackle Desmond Watson runs done a drill astatine rookie minicamp Friday, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Watson said he’s trying to devour better, particularly erstwhile it comes to snacking. It’s been peanuts and almonds recently, and his main meals person changed arsenic well. 

If Watson were to marque the Bucs’ roster, they would person rather the formidable antiaircraft interior, particularly with his relation model, Vita Vea, doing what the rookie hopes to successful the NFL. 

At 347 pounds, Vea’s athleticism is simply a show to behold connected crippled day, arsenic helium swallows up quarterbacks and moving backs alike with his quality to penetrate into the backfield astatine chemoreceptor tackle. 

Watson doesn’t person Vea’s athleticism, but helium tin determination for his size. He besides would’ve acceptable the NFL Combine seat property grounds if helium were present, arsenic helium repped 225 pounds 36 times astatine Florida’s pro day. 

Before the draft, Watson discussed his knowing that helium would request to chopped value to recognize his NFL dream. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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And considering the tush propulsion – NFL owners are expected to sermon a imaginable prohibition connected it aboriginal this offseason – having a duo similar that successful the interior could beryllium the antidote for defenses stopping the short-yardage play that teams are trying to replicate from the Eagles. 

Watson is besides hoping to play for the squad helium grew up near, arsenic he’s from Plant City, which is eastbound of Tampa. 

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