TAMPA — The Bucs hope sixth-round draft pick Kaelin Clay can be the answer to their return game on punts and kickoffs, and the receiver is embracing those high expectations.
"I like challenges. I know the role that I'm coming in playing," Clay said after the first practice of rookie minicamp Friday afternoon. "I know how many returners they went through last year. I know that's a spot they want to get better at. I want to help the team as much as I can. … It's not going to be given to me."
Clay, a receiver from Utah, led all of Division I-A football last season with four returns — three on punts, another on kickoffs, this after totaling six touchdowns on returns in two years of junior college.