INDIANAPOLIS — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who are $55 million above the salary cap threshold, are expected to release veteran tight end Cameron Brate, a source told ESPN's Jeremy Fowler on Thursday.
Brate carries a $5 million salary cap hit, and his release will be one of several roster moves made by the team to become cap compliant by March 13 at 4 p.m.
ET. The Bucs also informed running back Leonard Fournette this week that he'd be released in a move that will save nearly $3.5 million in cap space.
An undrafted free agent out of Harvard in 2014, Brate had a one-year stint with the Bucs, was released from their practice squad in 2015, was briefly picked up by the New Orleans Saints, and then was re-signed days later by Tampa Bay, where he became one of the longest-tenured offensive players on their roster.