INDIANAPOLIS -- The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have informed safety Jordan Whitehead that they will be declining his 2025 option, which will make him an unrestricted free agent, a source confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.
A starter on the Buccaneers' Super Bowl LV-winning defense in 2020, Whitehead reunited with Tampa Bay last year on a two-year deal worth $9 million.
Whitehead dealt with a torn pectoral muscle in 2024 and missed the Buccaneers' regular-season finale and their wild-card playoff game against the Washington Commanders after he was involved in an automobile accident on his way to the team facility Jan.