TAMPA, Fla. -- On fourth-and-1, Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie running back Sean Tucker made one cut to his right on the outside, broke one tackle and stiff-armed another defender as he broke two more for a 26-yard gain. It was the longest run of the Bucs’ preseason.
It also was a glimmer of hope for a team that rendered the league’s worst rushing attack last year, but more importantly for the 5-foot-10, 210 pound former Syracuse standout, it's a chance to make up for lost time.
Football was taken from him – as was a 10-yard touchdown in the first preseason game against the Pittsburgh Steelers because of Nick Leverett’s holding penalty – and this is his fighting chance to get it back after a previously undiagnosed heart condition meant no NFL team would touch him during the draft.