CONNECTIONS- Pittsburgh Steelers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers have these in common

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PENNSYLVANIA TIES
• Buccaneers LB Danny Lansanah is a native of Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania.
• Buccaneers G Rishaw Johnson played collegiately California
University of Pennsylvania (California, Pennsylvania).
• Buccaneers Video Director Dave Levy is a native of Pittsburgh.

FLORIDA TIES
• Steelers OL Max Starks played collegiately at the University of
Florida from 2001-03, and is a native of Orlando, Florida.
• Steelers C Maurkice Pouncey played collegiately at the University of
Florida from 2007-09, and is a native of Lakeland, Florida.
• Steelers LB Lawrence Timmons played collegiately at Florida State
University from 2004-2006.
• Steelers CB Cortez Allen is originally from Ocala, Florida.
• Steelers LB Sean Spence is a native of Miami, Florida and was a
teammate of Buccaneers LB Lavonte David at Miami Northwestern High School, where they won two state championships (2006 and 2007) and named national champions by USA Today (2007).

FORMER NFL TEAMMATES
• Buccaneers G Logan Mankins and LB Dane Fletcher and Steelers
RB LeGarrette Blount played together for the New England Patriots
in 2013.
• Buccaneers TE Brandon Myers played together with Steelers QB
Bruce Gradkowski, WR Darrius Heyward-Bey and S Mike Mitchell
for the Oakland Raiders from 2009-12.
• Buccaneers LB Jonathan Casillas and Steelers WR Lance Moore
played for the New Orleans Saints from 2009-12 and won Super
Bowl XLIV together.
• Buccaneers P Michael Koenen and Steelers TE Michael Palmer
played together for the Atlanta Falcons in 2010.
• Buccaneers QB Josh McCown (2012) and S Major Wright (2011-
12) and Steelers TE Matt Spaeth (2011-12) played together for the
Chicago Bears.
• Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson (2010-11), DE Larry English
(2010-13) and CB Crezdon Butler (2013) played together with
Steelers DT Cam Thomas (2010-13) for the San Diego Chargers.
• Buccaneers S Dashon Goldson and Steelers C/G Cody Wallace
played together for the San Francisco 49ers from 2008-09.
• Buccaneers T Anthony Collins and DE Michael Johnson played together with Steelers QB Bruce Gradkowski for the Cincinnati
Bengals from 2011-12.

FORMER COLLEGE TEAMMATES
• Buccaneers DE Will Gholston and Steelers RB Le’Veon Bell were
teammates at Michigan State University from 2010-12.
• Buccaneers WR Chris Owusu and Steelers G David DeCastro played
together at Stanford from 2009-11.
• Buccaneers TE Luke Stocker and Steelers G Ramon Foster were
teammates at the University of Tennessee from 2007-08.
• Buccaneers S Keith Tandy played at West Virginia University with Steelers LB Terence Garvin (2009-11) and FB Will Johnson (2009-
10).
• Buccaneers WR Solomon Patton and Steelers T Marcus Gilbert
were teammates at the University of Florida in 2010.
• Buccaneers CB Crezdon Butler and Steelers TE Michael Palmer
played together at Clemson University from 2006-09.
• Buccaneers RB Mike James and Steelers LB Sean Spence were
teammates at the University of Miami (Fla.) from 2009-11.
• Buccaneers FB Jorvorskie Lane and Steelers C/G Cody Wallace
were teammates at Texas A&M from 2005-07.
• Buccaneers WR Russell Shepard and Steelers P Brad Wing played
together at LSU from 2011-12.

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