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Tampa Bay Buccaneers top breakout players for 2018

By Sayre Bedinger

ORCHARD PARK, NY - OCTOBER 22: O.J. Howard #80 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scores a touchdown during the fourth quarter of an NFL game against the Buffalo Bills on October 22, 2017 at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)
ORCHARD PARK, NY - OCTOBER 22: O.J. Howard #80 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scores a touchdown during the fourth quarter of an NFL game against the Buffalo Bills on October 22, 2017 at New Era Field in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images) /
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TAMPA, FL – NOVEMBER 12: Wide receiver Jermaine Kearse #10 of the New York Jets fails to haul in a pass in the end zone by quarterback Josh McCown while getting pressure from cornerback Vernon Hargreaves #28 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second quarter of an NFL football game on November 12, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)
TAMPA, FL – NOVEMBER 12: Wide receiver Jermaine Kearse #10 of the New York Jets fails to haul in a pass in the end zone by quarterback Josh McCown while getting pressure from cornerback Vernon Hargreaves #28 of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers during the second quarter of an NFL football game on November 12, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images) /

Vernon Hargreaves, Cornerback

The former first-round pick out of Florida has failed, thus far, to live up to the billing of a high draft choice.

Hargreaves only played 47.4 percent of the defensive snaps for the Buccaneers last season due to injury and has just one interception in 25 career games.

That’s not what the Bucs expected from Hargreaves coming out of college, but this year might be the year everything clicks for him.

With the Buccaneers’ vastly improved defensive front, Hargreaves stands as good of a chance as anyone on the back end of the Bucs’ defense to benefit from the added pressure up front.

If Hargreaves can stay healthy in 2018, he’s got to have a big season.

Either that or the Buccaneers are going to start looking for ways they can move on.

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