{"id":473426,"date":"2026-02-17T07:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/473426\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T07:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:46:09","slug":"report-bucky-irving-had-offseason-shoulder-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/473426\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Bucky Irving had offseason shoulder surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving missed more than two months due to ankle and shoulder injuries. The latter reportedly has resulted in offseason surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Via JoeBucsFan.com, Irving has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joebucsfan.com\/2026\/02\/bucky-irving-had-offseason-shoulder-surgery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">undergone a procedure on his shoulder<\/a> since the season ended.<\/p>\n<p>Per the report, the recovery process is not expected to significantly impact his participation in the offseason program.<\/p>\n<p>Irving missed seven games, from Week 5 through 12. He returned in Week 13 and finished the season with six straight appearances and five straight starts.<\/p>\n<p>After gaining 1,122 rushing yards as a rookie (5.4 yards per carry), Irving\u2019s production dropped to 588 rushing yards in 2025, averaging 3.4 yards per carry.<\/p>\n<p>With Rachaad White likely leaving in free agency, Irving will return as the likely starter in 2026, pending moves made by the Buccaneers during the offseason.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buccaneers running back Bucky Irving missed more than two months due to ankle and shoulder injuries. The latter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-473426","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\/473426","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=473426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}