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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tickets - Brooks Among Five Released

Just shy of the free agency mark, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers chose to release five of their players, including longtime defensive star Derrick Brooks. Along with Brooks, wide receiver Joey Galloway, halfback Warrick Dunn, linebacker Cato June and wide receiver Ike Hilliard also got the boot. The Bucs have been through an uncharacteristic number of changes this offseason, starting with the replacement of coach Jon Gruden with Raheem Morris. They also hired new general manager Mark Dominik along with a slew of new coaches. From their comments on the players released, Dominik and Morris are asserting that the decisions had more to do with letting younger players have a chance rather than freeing up money in the salary cap, but the cuts do create millions of dollars of room. See the younger players step up with Tampa Bay Buccaneers tickets online.

Brooks has spent his entire pro career with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was drafted in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft. He played in all 16 games and started 13 his first year. Since then, he has started and played in every single regular season game for the Bucs. The Bucs have been held up as an ideal defense during Brooks' tenure there. He routinely had more than 100 tackles in a season, standing as an example for his team and the league. He won a Super Bowl championship with the Bucs in 2002 and won the AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year that same season. Brooks is an 11-time Pro Bowler who is considered to be a shoe-in for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Galloway also entered the league during the 1995 NFL Draft as the eight overall pick by the Seattle Seahawks. He stayed with the Seahawks through the 1999 season before spending four seasons with the Dallas Cowboys. Galloway has been with the Buccaneers since 2004. Last season, he played in nine games and started four, tallying 13 receptions for 138 yards. In his career, he has tallied 682 receptions 10,710 receiving yards and 77 receiving touchdowns. He has been named a Pro Bowl alternate four times.

Warrick Dunn started his career with the Bucs when they selected him in the 1997 NFL Draft. He spent five seasons with the Bucs before being signed by the Atlanta Falcons for the 2002 season. He returned to the Bucs from the Falcons in 2008. He started six out of the 15 games he played in during the 2008 season with 786 rushing yards and two rushing touchdowns. In his career, he has tallied 10,967 rushing yards, 49 rushing touchdowns, 4,339 receiving yards and 15 receiving touchdowns. He has been selected to three Pro Bowls.

June entered the league in the 1003 NFL Draft when he was selected in the sixth round by the Indianapolis Colts. He joined the Bucs in 2007. Last season, he started in 14 games and played in all 16, tallying 67 tackles two passes defended and one interception. In his career, he has tallied 498 tackles, one sack, 14 passes defended and 12 interceptions. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 2005.

Hilliard was selected in the first round of the 1997 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. He spent eight seasons with the Giants before joining the Bucs in 2005. Last season, he played in every game and started two, finishing with 47 receptions, 424 receiving yards and four touchdowns. In his career, he has 546 receptions, 6,397 receiving yards and 35 receiving touchdowns.

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