{"id":161415,"date":"2025-09-16T18:30:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/161415\/"},"modified":"2025-09-16T18:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T18:30:07","slug":"sources-bucs-calijah-kancey-tore-pec-to-miss-rest-of-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/161415\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources: Bucs’ Calijah Kancey tore pec, to miss rest of season"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Jenna LaineSep 16, 2025, 01:06 PM ET<\/p>\n

Close<\/a>Jenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started covering the Bucs for ESPN in 2016, but she has covered the team since 2009. Jenna is a former cheerleader at the University of South Florida and speaks to the consistency of the program as being one of the top best in the nation.<\/p>\n

TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a> starting defensive tackle Calijah Kancey<\/a> suffered a torn pectoral muscle in the Bucs’ 20-19 Monday Night Football win over the Houston Texans<\/a>, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter.<\/p>\n

Kancey underwent MRI testing Tuesday, which confirmed the diagnosis. He will undergo surgery Friday to repair the injury, and he is out for the season, sources said.<\/p>\n

The Bucs’ first-round draft pick in 2023, Kancey left the game in the second quarter and did not return. The injury occurred when facing Texans offensive tackle Tytus Howard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Along with Pro Bowler Vita Vea<\/a>, Kancey has played an integral role in the Bucs’ push up the middle, registering a team-leading 7.5 sacks last season despite only seeing action in 12 games due to a calf injury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jenna LaineSep 16, 2025, 01:06 PM ET CloseJenna Laine covers the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for ESPN. She started…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-161415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}