Back to the NFL Newsfeed

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers Drafted a Kicker … Again

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected a kicker in the NFL draft—yes, you read that right—again.

The Buccaneers used the No. 145 pick in this year's draft to select Matt Gay out of Utah in the fifth round. The 6-foot, 230-pounder joined the Utes program in 2017 after playing soccer at UVU for two years. During his Utah career, Gay hit 86.15 percent of his field-goal attempts and made a school-record eight from 50-plus yards.

Gay was considered the top kicker in this year's draft class. So was Roberto Aguayo when Tampa Bay drafted him in 2016, but that didn't turn out so pretty.