Alex Anzalone Right At Home With Bucs
March 13th, 2026
New Bucs ILB Alex Anzalone.
Doubtful you will hear the Warchant cry at Alex Anzalone’s home. Or hear someone scream, “C-A-N-E-S CANES.”
Anzalone, the Bucs’ new inside linebacker, may have grown up in Wyomissing, Pa., but Anzalone has lived in Tampa since college, where he was a Gators star linebacker.
Anzalone met his wife at Florida, Lindsey. She played soccer for the Gators. They married and put down roots in Tampa.
There’s more: Anzalone’s dad, Sal, went to medical school at Florida. He practices medicine in Naples.
Still more: Lindsey is from Seminole and played soccer at Clearwater Central Catholic. Her brother was a star receiver at the school and he, too, dominated as a Gators receiver.
You may have heard of him: Riley Cooper was also a receiver for six years with the Eagles. He helped the Gators win a national title with Urban Meyer.
When Anzalone met with the local pen and mic club today, he professed his love for the area and seemed to suggest he feels a responsibility to the community to represent the Bucs in a strong way.
“I’m passionate about this city,” Anzalone said.
Ah, passion. It is something Anzalone packs and it’s also something this Bucs defense sorely needs, maybe as much as an edge rusher. Anzalone brings juice!
And it is almost like he’s a part of the Bucs family. He trains regularly with Vita Vea and Antoine Winfield. Anzalone said that he made sure to FaceTime with Vea just before he signed his Bucs contract.
So there’s really no more true blue (and orange) Florida family than the Anzalones. It’s almost like Anzalone doesn’t want to embarrass his adopted hometown and state.