The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have already tweaked the 53-man roster they created on Tuesday through a large round of cuts. On Wednesday, the Buccaneers placed a successful waiver claim on fourth-year guard Royce Newman, who the Green Bay Packers let go on Tuesday in their own round of cuts.
To make room for Newman on the active roster, the Buccaneers waived tackle Brandon Walton.
The Packers drafted Newman out of Ole Miss in the fourth round (142nd overall) in 2021 and he has since appeared in all 51 of the team's regular-season games plus three playoff contests. He started 16 games as a rookie at right guard, then logged another eight starts over the past two seasons. Overall, he has logged 1,415 snaps at right guard, plus 190 at left guard and 109 at right tackle, showing the type of positional versatility the Bucs prize in reserve linemen.
Newman appeared in 42 games for the Rebels from 2016-20.
Walton was on the Buccaneers' active roster all of last season, appearing in four games, and he initially made the cutdown to 53 again this season before Wednesday's moves. He first joined the Bucs in August of 2021 as a waiver claim from the Pittsburgh Steelers and then spent the next two seasons on Tampa Bay's practice squad.
