When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers traded up into the third round of the 2017 NFL draft to take Kendell Beckwith, there was a lot of skepticism. Who even is this guy? Do the Bucs really need another linebacker? Couldn’t they have filled other needs? And....wait, he may not even be ready to play this year?
Three games into the regular season, and Beckwith looks like a future star. Just ask Pro Football Focus.
It’s weird: Beckwith is nothing like the Bucs’ other linebackers. Whereas Lavonte David and Kwon Alexander smaller and speedy, Beckwith is the biggest linebacker on the roster and an inside pounder.