TAMPA – Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Dirk Koetter isn’t one to throw around compliments – especially to rookies. Linebacker Kendell Beckwith clearly is worth the exception.
Tampa Bay quickly learned that Beckwith, a former LSU star, isn’t your average NFL rookie, and they picked up on it early in training camp.
“After four practices, he’s probably our most improved player, as far as a guy where he started and where he is after four practices,” Koetter said in early August.
Where Beckwith’s story started was last November, when he suffered a torn ACL in his left knee in the first quarter of LSU’s loss to Florida.