Bucs add former Browns nose tackle Kitchen

Ishmaa’ily Kitchen, middle, is one of the biggest Bucs defensive linemen at 330 pounds.Getty Images (2013)

TAMPA — Continuing to search for depth at defensive tackle, the Bucs on Monday signed former Browns NT Ishmaa'ily Kitchen.

Kitchen, 27, was practicing Monday morning and wearing a No. 66 jersey. He's one of the Bucs' biggest defensive linemen at 330 pounds, having totaled 78 tackles in three seasons with the Browns from 2012-14. He played one game each last season with the Lions and Patriots without logging any statistics.

The Bucs have three proven defensive tackles in Gerald McCoy, Clinton McDonald and Akeem Spence, but little proven depth behind them. Cliff Matthews and A.J. Francis…