{"id":184583,"date":"2026-03-09T19:34:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184583\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T19:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T19:34:07","slug":"tampa-bay-bucs-mike-evans-leaving-the-team-after-12-seasons-reports-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184583\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Bucs&#8217; Mike Evans leaving the team after 12 seasons, reports say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Evans first joined the Bucs in 2014 after being selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 Tampa Bay Buccaneers six-time Pro Bowl Wide Receiver Mike Evans is leaving the team, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN Senior NFL Analyst Adam Schefter shared the news on<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdamSchefter\/status\/2031075093103698080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u00a0X<\/a>, saying that Evans is expected to sign a three-year deal with the San Francisco 49ers.<\/p>\n<p>Evans first joined the Bucs in 2014 after being selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.<\/p>\n<p>He jas started 167-of-168 career games, catching 836 passes for 12,684 yards (15.2 avg.) and 105 touchdowns. He also has one rush attempt for 10 yards and one fumble recovery for a touchdown, giving him 106 career total touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Evans has the most touchdown receptions (105), total touchdowns (106), receiving yards (12,684) and receptions (836) in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Evans first joined the Bucs in 2014 after being selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-184583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}