Tampa Bay Buccaneers Quarterbacks and Receivers

NFC South. Starting quarterbacks by year: 2026: Jalon Daniels, Baker Mayfield; 2025: Baker Mayfield; 2024: Baker Mayfield; 2023: Baker Mayfield.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Starting Quarterbacks and Receivers by Season

Season	Quarterbacks (starts)	Top receivers (targets)	Pass Yds	TD-INT
2026	Jalon Daniels (3), Baker Mayfield (3)	Emeka Egbuka 49, Chris Godwin Jr. 29, Cade Otton 29	1,116	5-7
2025	Baker Mayfield (17)	Emeka Egbuka 127, Cade Otton 81, Mike Evans 62	3,755	26-11
2024	Baker Mayfield (17)	Mike Evans 110, Cade Otton 87, Chris Godwin Jr. 62	4,505	41-16
2023	Baker Mayfield (17)	Mike Evans 136, Chris Godwin Jr. 130, Rachaad White 70	4,044	28-10
2022	Tom Brady (16), Blaine Gabbert (1)	Chris Godwin Jr. 142, Mike Evans 127, Leonard Fournette 83	4,746	26-10
2021	Tom Brady (17)	Chris Godwin Jr. 127, Mike Evans 114, Rob Gronkowski 89	5,383	43-12
2020	Tom Brady (16)	Mike Evans 109, Chris Godwin Jr. 84, Rob Gronkowski 77	4,776	42-12
2019	Jameis Winston (16)	Chris Godwin Jr. 121, Mike Evans 118, Breshad Perriman 69	5,127	33-30
2018	Jameis Winston (9), Ryan Fitzpatrick (7)	Mike Evans 138, Adam Humphries 105, Chris Godwin Jr. 95	5,358	36-26
2017	Jameis Winston (13), Ryan Fitzpatrick (3)	Mike Evans 136, DeSean Jackson 90, Adam Humphries 83	4,607	26-14
2016	Jameis Winston (16)	Mike Evans 173, Adam Humphries 83, Cameron Brate 81	4,165	29-18

2026 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Target Tree

Player	Pos	Tgt	Rec	Yds	TD
Emeka Egbuka	WR	49	28	240	2
Chris Godwin Jr.	WR	29	23	216	0
Cade Otton	TE	29	19	186	0
Ted Hurst III	WR	22	11	168	1
Bucky Irving	RB	21	17	74	1
Kenny Gainwell	RB	17	12	61	1
Tez Johnson	WR	13	7	145	0
Payne Durham	TE	2	1	5	0
Kameron Johnson	WR	2	1	3	0
Jalen McMillan	WR	1	0	0	0
Bauer Sharp	TE	1	1	21	0
Jalon Daniels	QB	1	1	-3	0

2026 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Games

Week	Opponent	Result	Quarterback	Cmp-Att	Yds	TD	INT
Week 1	at CIN	L 27-33	Baker Mayfield	23-28	216	0	0
Week 2	vs CLE	L 19-23	Baker Mayfield	21-34	182	1	1
Week 3	vs MIN	L 16-23	Baker Mayfield	17-37	217	1	2
Week 4	vs GB	L 14-17	Jalon Daniels	19-27	148	1	2
Week 5	at DAL	W 24-16	Jalon Daniels	19-25	189	1	0
Week 6	vs PIT	L 19-26	Jalon Daniels	22-43	164	1	2

2026 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Connections

QB → Receiver	Tgt	Cmp	Yds	TD
Jalon Daniels → Emeka Egbuka	29	15	99	1
Baker Mayfield → Emeka Egbuka	20	13	141	1
Jalon Daniels → Chris Godwin Jr.	18	13	105	0
Baker Mayfield → Cade Otton	17	11	120	0
Baker Mayfield → Bucky Irving	15	13	61	0
Baker Mayfield → Ted Hurst III	12	6	103	1
Jalon Daniels → Cade Otton	12	8	66	0
Baker Mayfield → Chris Godwin Jr.	11	10	111	0
Jalon Daniels → Ted Hurst III	10	5	65	0
Baker Mayfield → Kenny Gainwell	9	6	22	0
Jalon Daniels → Kenny Gainwell	8	6	39	1
Baker Mayfield → Tez Johnson	7	2	57	0
Jalon Daniels → Bucky Irving	6	4	13	1
Jalon Daniels → Tez Johnson	6	5	88	0

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