Desmond Watson, Dubbed 'the Tush Push Terminator,' Turning Heads At Buccaneers Rookie Minicamp

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

Desmond Watson would’ve made NFL Draft history arsenic nan heaviest subordinate ever to beryllium taken astatine 464 pounds pinch a 6-foot-6 frame, but nan Bucs quickly added him arsenic 1 of their 15 undrafted free supplier signings. 

He’s been coined "the tush push terminator" owed to his expertise to worldly nan statement of scrimmage, and he was a show to spot astatine nan 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 weight arsenic he tries to make nan Bucs’ roster, coming successful astatine 437 pounds for minicamp.

Before nan draft, Watson discussed his knowing that he would request to trim weight to recognize his NFL dream. 

He said stopping to eat while driving has been a main logic why he gained truthful overmuch weight during his clip pinch nan Florida Gators. 

AT 464 POUNDS, FLORIDA DT DESMOND WATSON SEES WEIGHT LOSS AS PATH TO NFL

"Stopping while driving," Watson said erstwhile asked astir bad habits he's tried to shed astatine his pro day. "My biggest point 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 nan state station. Pay astatine nan pump. Because inside, it's snacks and each types of things for illustration that. Don't propulsion over. If you're connected nan highway, enactment connected nan road until you get wherever you've sewage to go."

The heaviest subordinate successful nan NFL past play was Baltimore Ravens violative tackle Daniel Faalele astatine 6-foot-8 and 380 pounds. And while location is nary charismatic grounds for nan heaviest subordinate successful nan NFL, galore work together it was erstwhile Chicago Bears tackle Aaron Gibson, who weighed 410 pounds during his profession 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 eat 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 make nan Bucs’ roster, they would person rather nan formidable protect interior, particularly pinch his domiciled model, Vita Vea, doing what nan rookie hopes to successful nan NFL. 

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

Watson doesn’t person Vea’s athleticism, but he tin move for his size. He besides would’ve group nan NFL Combine chair property grounds if he were present, arsenic he repped 225 pounds 36 times astatine Florida’s pro day. 

Before nan draft, Watson discussed his knowing that he would request to trim weight to recognize his NFL dream. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)

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And considering nan tush push – NFL owners are expected to talk a imaginable prohibition connected it later this offseason – having a duo for illustration that successful nan interior could beryllium nan antidote for defenses stopping nan short-yardage play that teams are trying to replicate from nan Eagles. 

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

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