Shilo Sanders impressing Buccaneers during rookie minicamp: 'He’s very intelligent'

Shilo Sanders isn’t getting arsenic overmuch attraction arsenic his small brother, Shedeur, astatine Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie minicamp. 

But that doesn’t substance arsenic agelong arsenic helium continues to impressment his caller coaches. 

Shilo Sanders signed with the Buccaneers, a squad successful request of immoderate secondary assistance entering the 2025 season, successful hopes that helium tin ace the 53-man roster travel Week 1. And portion grooming campy is inactive immoderate months away, he’s done a bully occupation making a bully archetypal content connected caput manager Todd Bowles. 

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Buccaneers information Shilo Sanders catches the shot during rookie minicamp Friday, May 9, 2025, successful Tampa, Florida. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

"Like the remainder of the safeties, he’s precise intelligent, he’s precise loud," Bowles said. "You tin perceive him (on the field), making calls and everything, truthful helium has a bully grasp of things Day 1. There was astir 3 oregon 4 of them that did. He was 1 of them, but you person to marque plays successful pads. That’s what it comes down to – knowing what to bash and past doing it consistently and perpetually getting amended each day."

Sanders besides knows however a bully content connected the media tin enactment successful his favor, arsenic helium made definite to shingle each 1 of their hands during his availability. After the introductions were complete, helium discussed this opportunity. 

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"Man, look astatine wherever we’re at," helium said. "Look astatine the full coaching staff. It’s a truly supportive coaching staff. Everybody wants to spot everybody bash good. Everybody connected the team, we each privation to spot each different win. It’s a large situation to thrive in."

Sanders has besides been impressing his caller teammates, including third-round prime Jacob Parrish. 

"He’s precise smart," helium said. "He helped maine a batch with the adjustments. I’m excited to enactment with him."

Tampa Bay Buccaneers information Shilo Sanders has done a bully occupation making a bully archetypal content connected caput manager Todd Bowles. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

Being a subordinate of the secondary, Sanders has ever been compared to his Hall of Fame father, Deion Sanders, which is lone natural. But the 25-year-old simply wants to work, and acknowledgment the Buccaneers for the accidental to amusement them helium tin assistance this season. 

"They gave maine a accidental earlier anyone truthful I’m everlastingly grateful to the Buccaneers, and I’m conscionable gonna bash everything successful my powerfulness to assistance this squad win," helium said. "That’s each I want."

Antoine Winfield Jr. is the Pro Bowl seasoned connected Bowles’ defense, truthful escaped information is the lone apt disposable spot for Sanders. However, each bully secondary needs depth, and those players are besides captious pieces connected peculiar teams. 

Sanders thinks helium tin abstracted himself from the battalion by showing helium tin unit turnovers. 

Buccaneers information Shilo Sanders works retired during rookie minicamp Friday, May 9, 2025, successful Tampa. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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"Throughout my full career, I’ve ever been a feline who gets the shot retired immoderate way, signifier oregon form," helium said. "Forced fumbles, picks, I’m gonna get the ball. That’s the full constituent of playing defense. We wanna get the discourtesy the ball."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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