The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis with the 153rd overall pick in the fifth round. Dennis accumulated 94 tackles, 12.0 tackles for loss, 7.0 sacks and four passes defensed in 2022, earning first team All-ACC honors. The Butkus Award semifinalist is rangy and only recorded four missed tackles in 2022, showcasing his tackling form. Dennis is fast downhill, posting 36.0 tackles for loss over his last 35 games.
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Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Massachusetts during the second half of an NCAA college football game , Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 51-7.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Massachusetts during the second half of an NCAA college football game , Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 51-7.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Massachusetts during the second half of an NCAA college football game , Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 51-7.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Massachusetts during the second half of an NCAA college football game , Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 51-7.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Tennessee during an NCAA football game on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Western Michigan during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Western Michigan during the first half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Western Michigan during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Western Michigan during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Western Michigan during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) and defensive lineman Deslin Alexandre (5) play against Western Michigan during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Sept. 18, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) celebrates with head coach Pat Narduzzi after returning an interception for a touchdown against Clemson during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 27-17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) celebrates with defensive lineman David Green (2) after returning an interception for a touchdown against Clemson during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 27-17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) celebrates with defensive back Brandon Hill (9) after returning an interception for a touchdown against Clemson during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 27-17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) celebrates with defensive lineman David Green (2) after returning an interception for a touchdown against Clemson during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 27-17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) celebrates with head coach Pat Narduzzi after returning an interception for a touchdown against Clemson during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 27-17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) celebrates by leading the band and students singing the Pitt Fight song after defeating Clemson in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 27-17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) celebrates by leading the band and students singing the Pitt Fight song after defeating Clemson in an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh won 27-17. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Miami during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Miami during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against Miami during an NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) readies for the play during an NCAA college football game against Duke Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis celebrates after sacking Wake Forest quarterback Sam Hartman during the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Pittsburgh Panthers linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) celebrates against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons during the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Pittsburgh Panthers linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) celebrates after defeating the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) laughs during their annual NCAA football intrasquad Blue-Gold scrimmage game, Saturday, April 9, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Philip G. Pavely)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis answers a question at the NCAA college football Atlantic Coast Conference Media Days in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, July 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against West Virginia during an NCAA college football game, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) plays against West Virginia during an NCAA college football game, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Pittsburgh head coach Pat Narduzzi directs Pittsburgh linebacker SirVocea Dennis (7) during the second half of an NCAA college football game against North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)
American linebacker SirVocea Dennis of Pittsburgh (7) runs through drills during practice for the Senior Bowl NCAA college football game Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Mobile, Ala.. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
American linebacker Aubrey Miller Jr. of Jackson State (45) and American linebacker SirVocea Dennis of Pittsburgh (7) get instruction from a coach during practice for the Senior Bowl NCAA college football game Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, in Mobile, Ala.. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)
