Buccaneers Hit with Potentially Major Injury on Day 3 of Training Camp

Buccaneers Hit with Potentially Major Injury on Day 3 of Training Camp originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers entered Day 3 of training camp on Friday injury-free for the most part.

Other than Tristan Wirfs’ knee situation from before camp started, everyone has been healthy.

That all changed on Friday.

Early in practice, fourth-round draft pick and edge rusher David Walker went down and was favoring his knee.

Walker was able to limp off with help and went straight to the locker room.

Fan Stream Sports – Tampa Bay’s JP Peterson was at practice when Walker went down.

“It was hard to tell how serious the injury was, but he was clearly favoring his knee. The medical staff was on him quickly and assisted him to the locker room,” Peterson reported.

Walker has been praised by many so far this offseason and is considered to be an important addition to the Bucs’ defense that lacked a decent pass rush last year.

“Our No. 1 impact rookie, you might not believe this — it is David Walker,” Buccaneers Hall of Famer Ronde Barber said. “I didn’t know anything about him until we picked him, and then you go and look at what he did… when you put the film on, you’re like, ‘Holy cow, this dude has the mentality.’ It’s kinda like this underdog mentality that makes people respect him.”

Barber played with some impressive pass rushers back in the day, and believes Walker reminds him of one of his former teammates.

“I’m not making [this] comparison, certainly, to David Walker. But when the Bucs got really good when I was playing, it’s because we went out and got Simeon Rice,” Barber said. “And we dominated teams after that because of the pressure generated from the edge of our d-line. We need someone to do that, and I’m not putting a lot of pressure on him, but David Walker looks like a guy who could do that.”

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 25, 2025, where it first appeared.

Buccaneers Hit with Potentially Major Injury on Day 3 of Training Camp

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