Injured Reserve Brimming With Talent

With just two weeks remaining in the 2010 season, the Buccaneers have amassed one-fourth of a regular season roster on their Injured Reserve.  The 13 players on the Injured Reserve list are:

50	Alston, Jon	LB	RES	6'0"	235	6/4/1983	5	Stanford
58	Black, Quincy	OLB	RES	6'2"	240	2/28/1984	4	New Mexico
69	Dotson, Demar	T	RES	6'9"	315	10/11/1985	2	Southern Mississippi
52	Faine, Jeff	C	RES	6'3"	291	4/6/1981	8	Notre Dame
72	Gilbeaux, Brandon	DE	RES	6'3"	270	6/9/1987	0	Delaware
35	Grimm, Cody	FS	RES	6'1"	203	2/26/1987	0	Virginia Tech
32	Huggins, Kareem	RB	RES	5'9"	198	5/24/1986	1	Hofstra
75	Joseph, Davin	G	RES	6'3"	313	11/22/1983	5	Oklahoma
93	McCoy, Gerald	DT	RES	6'4"	295	2/25/1988	0	Oklahoma
94	Moore, Kyle	DE	RES	6'5"	272	10/25/1986	2	USC
92	Price, Brian	DT	RES	6'1"	303	4/10/1989	0	UCLA
25	Talib, Aqib	CB	RES	6'1"	205	2/13/1986	3	Kansas
36	Jackson, Tanard	FS	SUS	6'0"	200	7/21/1985	4	Syracuse

Black, Faine, Joseph, McCoy, Moore, Talib, and Jackson were opening day starters.  Grimm replaced Jackson when he was suspended by the NFL.  Huggins had started getting carries when he was injured versus New Orleans.  Price had started to earn more snaps on defense.  Alston, Dotson, and Gilbeaux went on IR before the first snap of 2010.

These 13 will be added to the end of season 53-man roster along with the 8 men on the practice squad resulting in 74 players on the offseason roster.  This means there will be only 6 open spots remaining on the offseason 80-man roster -- and a complete slate of 7 men coming in the 2011 draft.

It will be another interesting offseason!