SAINTS vs. BUCCANEERS CONNECTIONS
Saints DE Jonathan Bullard played at the University of Florida from 2012-15. Bullard and Buccaneers G Dan Feeney were teammates with the Minnesota Vikings in 2024.
Saints Special Teams Coordinator Phil Galiano served as special teams coordinator in Tampa Bay from 2012-13.
Tampa Bay QB Teddy Bridgewater played for the Saints from 2018-19.
Saints Offensive Assistant Tobijah Hughley was teammates at Louisville with Bridgewater for Buccaneers Defensive Line Coach Charlie Strong, who was head coach, and also served as an offensive graduate assistant at Florida from 2018, arriving in Gainesville from Florida Tech.
Buccaneers WR Sterling Sheperd’s late father, Derrick Sheperd played for the Saints in 1989. Saints LB Danny Stutsman prepped at Foundation (Winter Garden, Fla.) Academy.
Saints LB Demario Davis and DT Nathan Shepherd played for Tampa Bay Head Coach Todd Bowles and Linebackers Coach Mike Caldwell with the New York Jets.
Saints Head Coach Kellen Moore, Offensive Coordinator Doug Nussmeier, Quarterbacks Coach Scott Tolzien, Tight Ends Coach Chase Haslett, Tampa Bay Defensive Pass Game Coordinator George Edwards and Running Backs Coach Skip Peete served on the same Dallas Cowboys coaching staff from 2020-22. Bowles served as defensive coordinator & secondary coach at Grambling State University from 1998-99.
New Orleans WR Bub Means and Buccaneers DT Calijah Kancey were college teammates at Pittsburgh. Shepherd played with Feeney and Buccaneers K Chase McLaughlin with the Jets in 2022.
New Orleans TE Foster Moreau and Buccaneers LB Deion Jones were teammates at both Jesuit (New Orleans, La.) HS and LSU.
Saints WR Trey Palmer played for the Buccaneers from 2023-24, who selected him in the exith round of the 2023 NFL Draft.
Saints DB Jordan Howden played with Buccaneers S Antoine Winfield Jr. and RB Bucky Irving at Minnesota.
Saints VP/Player Engagement Fred McAfee played for Tampa Bay in 1999.
Tampa Bay Offensive Line Coach Kevin Carberry served as assistant offensive line coach in New Orleans in 2023. Palmer and Saints TE Jack Stoll played with Buccaneers LB John Bullock at Nebraska. Stoll and Tampa Bay LB Haason Reddick were teammates with Philadelphia from 2022-23.
New Orleans CB Kool-Aid McKinstry and Tampa Bay LB Chris Braswell were teammates at Alabama.
McKinstry and Buccaneers WR Tez Johnson were teammates at Pinson Valley (Al.) HS.
Saints WR Chris Olave and Buccaneers WR Emeka Egbuka were college teammates at Ohio State in 2021.
Saints DE Chris Rumph II, who prepped at Buchholz (Gainesville, Fla.) HS and Buccaneers C Graham Barton were college teammates at Duke in 2020.
New Orleans CB Isaac Yiadom and Tampa Bay T Charlie Heck were teammates with the San Francisco 49ers in 2024.
Saints S Terrell Burgess, DE Jonah Williams and Tampa Bay P Riley Dixon and NT Greg Gaines were teammates with the Los Angeles Rams, with the three defenders playing for Saints Defensive Coordinator Brandon Staley. Williams and Tampa Bay DB Kindle Vildor were teammates in Detroit in 2024. New Orleans OL Dillon Radunz and Vildor were teammates with the Tennessee Titans in 2023. Yiadom and Dixon were teammates with the New York Giants in 2020.
Tampa Bay Defensive Quality Control Assistant Joey Fitzgerald served on the Southeastern Louisiana University coaching staff in 2017 and served on the Louisiana-Monroe staff in 2019-20 and on the Northwestern State University staff.
Tampa Bay Senior Offensive Assistant Tom Moore served as running backs coach of the Saints in 1997.
Saints Senior Defensive Assistant Peter Giunta and Buccaneers Special Teams Coordinator Thomas McGaughey served on the same New York Giants coaching staff from 2007-10. McGaughey served as special teams coordinator & defensive assistant at LSU from 2011-13.
Davis was also tutored by McGaughey on special teams with the New York Jets in 2014.
New Orleans CB Alontae Taylor and Tampa Bay NY Elijah Simmons were college teammates at Tennessee.
Saints G/C Cesar Ruiz and Tampa Bay G Ben Bredeson were college teammates at Michigan.
Saints T Landon Young and Buccaneers S Mike Edwards were teammates at Kentucky.
New Orleans K Blake Grupe and Buccaneers CB Benjamin Morrison were college teammates at Notre Dame in 2022.
New Orleans T Xavier Truss and Tampa Bay S Tykee Smith were college teammates at Georgia.
New Orleans Defensive Line Coach Bo Davis and Tampa Bay Offensive Line Coach Brian Picucci served on the same Detroit Lions staff from 2018-19.
Saints Cornerbacks Coach Grady Brown and Buccaneers Offensive Quality Control Coach Blaine Stewart served on the same Steelers staff from 2021-22.