College Personnel Assistant
Andre Forde enters his first season with the Buccaneers as a college personnel assistant. Forde assists in evaluating personnel and college highlight tapes, advance scouting and data maintenance.Last season Forde served as Varsity Wide Receiver Coach for Coral Glades High School before working for Men of Valor Football and Speed Training, which provides individualized football training with the focus on speed and football development.
Forde graduated with a B.A. in sociology from the University of Buffalo in New York in 2003. He was a four-year letterman at wide receiver and kick returner at the University of Buffalo, where he was a MAC Scholar Athlete every season. Forde played wide receiver for the Tulsa Talons of the AFL in 2006 and 2007, and spent time in the NFL with the Chicago Bears and Indianapolis Colts as well as the Amsterdam Admirals with NFL Europe.
Forde and his wife Patrice reside in Tampa with daughter Hannah (3) and son Jeremiah (1).
