Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Buccaneers’ guard Nick Leverett has signed his exclusive rights tender.
Leverett joined the team as a practice squad player in 2020, played three games in 2021, started eight games in 2022. He was at left guard and was a clear upgrade from struggling rookie guard Luke Goedecke.
Buccaneers’ starting guard Nick Leverett signed his exclusive rights tender today, per source.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) April 17, 2023
“An exclusive rights free agent is a player with just two or fewer accrued seasons and an expired contract. This is in contrast to a restricted free agent (three accrued seasons) or an unrestricted free agent (four or more accrued seasons).”
“To accrue a season, a player must have been on a team’s roster for six or more regular-season games during that year. However, the player does not need to be active for games to accrue a season. Players on the injured reserve and the physically unable to perform list also get credit toward an accrued season.”
“However, a player on a practice squad, non-football injury list, or the commissioner’s exempt list does not get credit for an accrued season if they are not on the roster for six or more games. Additionally, a player under contract must report to his team’s training camp on his mandatory reporting date to earn an accrued season.”
“After going undrafted in the 2020 NFL Draft, Leverett was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on May 5, 2020. He continued to be a member of the team, predominantly on the practice squad, until January 27, 2021. Leverett was briefly waived and later resigned onto the practice squad on February 10, 2021.”
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