FORMER BUCCANEERS
• Saints QB Luke McCown played for the Buccaneers from 2005-08.
• Saints FB Erik Lorig played for the Buccaneers from 2010-12.
• Saints Director of Player Development Fred McAfee played for the Buccaneers in 1999.
• Saints Director of Ticket Operations Justin Varnum spent nine
seasons (2000-2008) in the Buccaneers ticket office.
FORMER SAINTS
• Buccaneers LB Jonathan Casillas spent four seasons (2009-12)
with the Saints, including winning Super Bowl XLVI.
COACHING CONNECTIONS
• Buccaneers Tight Ends Coach Jon Embree and Saints Wide
Receivers Coach Henry Ellard were teammates together with the
Los Angeles Rams (1987-89).
• Buccaneers Offensive Line Coach George Warhop and Saints
Defensive Coordinator Rob Ryan were on staff together with the
Cleveland Browns (2009-10).
• Buccaneers Cornerbacks Coach Gill Byrd played two seasons
(1991-92) for the San Diego Chargers while Saints Assistant Special Teams Coach Stan Kwan was on the coaching staff.
FAMILY CONNECTIONS
• Buccaneers Cornerbacks Coach Gill Byrd is the father of Saints S Jairus Byrd.
• Buccaneers QB Josh McCown is the older brother of Saints QB Luke McCown.
• Buccaneers CB Brandon Dixon is twin brothers with Saints CB
Brian Dixon and they played together at Northwest Missouri State from 2012-13 and at Joliet Junior College from 2010-11.
LOUISIANA TIES
• Buccaneers Defensive Line Coach Joe Cullen spent one season
(1999) in the same capacity at Louisiana State University.
• Buccaneers T Demar Dotson is a native of Alexandria.
• Buccaneers WR Russell Shepard played collegiately at Louisiana
State University (2009-13)
• Buccaneers College Scout Tony Kinkela worked as the director of
football operations for Tulane University for three seasons (2006- 08).
FLORIDA TIES
• Saints Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers Coach Carter Sheridan
played collegiately at Florida A&M University.
• Saints Quarterbacks Coach Mike Neu played quarterback for the
Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League (1996).
• Saints Secondary Coach Wesley McGriff coached at the University
of Miami for four seasons (2007-10).
• Saints Defensive Line Coach Bill Johnson coached for one season
(1987) for the University of Miami.
• Saints TE Jimmy Graham played collegiately at the University of
Miami.
• Saints NT Brodrick Bunkley attended Chamberlain High School in
Tampa and played collegiately at Florida State University.
• Saints Assistant Athletic Trainer Duane Brooks earned his undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University and earned his master’s from Florida State University, where he also served as
assistant athletic trainer for six seasons (1997-2002).
• Saints Senior Vice President of Sales Michael Stanfield is a
graduate of St. Leo University in Tampa.
FORMER NFL TEAMMATES
• Buccaneers WR Vincent Jackson (2005), Assistant Special Teams
Coach Carlos Polk (2001-05) and Saints QB Drew Brees (2001-05)
played together for the San Diego Chargers.
• Buccaneers CB Crezdon Butler and Saints CB Keenan Lewis played
together for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2010. Butler also played with
Saints S Jairus Byrd for five games in 2012 with the Buffalo Bills.
• Buccaneers P Michael Koenen and Saints LB Curtis Lofton (2008- 10) and S Rafael Bush (2010) were teammates for the Atlanta
Falcons.
• Buccaneers G Logan Mankins and LB Dane Fletcher played with
Saints NT Brandon Deaderick (2010-12) and K Shayne Graham (2010) for the New England Patriots. Mankins also played with Saints TE Benjamin Watson with the Patriots from 2005-09.
• Buccaneers G Oniel Cousins and Watson were teammates for the Cleveland Browns from 2010-12. Cousins also played with Saints G Ben Grubbs for the Baltimore Ravens from 2008-10.
• Buccaneers S Dashon Goldson and Saints C Jonathan Goodwin (2011-12) and LB Parys Haralson (2007-11) played together for the San Francisco 49ers.
• Buccaneers T Anthony Collins (2008-09) and DE Michael Johnson (2009) and Saints K Shayne Graham were teammates for the Cincinnati Bengals.
• Buccaneers DT Clinton McDonald and Saints LB David Hawthorne played together for the Seattle Seahawks in 2011.
• Buccaneers DE Larry English and Saints WR Robert Meachem were teammates for the San Diego Chargers in 2012.
FORMER COLLEGE TEAMMATES
• Buccaneers DT Akeem Spence played with Saints DE Glenn Foster
(2009-12) at the University of Illinois.
• Buccaneers DT Gerald McCoy (2007) played with Saints LB Curtis
Lofton at the University of Oklahoma.
• Buccaneers S Mark Barron and Saints RB Mark Ingram (2008-
10), NT Brandon Deaderick (2008-09) and S Vinnie Sunseri (2011)
played together at the University of Alabama.
• Buccaneers RB Mike James and Saints TE Jimmy Graham were
teammates at the University of Miami in 2009.
• Buccaneers LB Lavonte David and Saints CB Stanley Jean-Baptiste
played together at the University of Nebraska in 2011.
• Buccaneers LB Mason Foster (2008-10) and TE Austin Seferian- Jenkins (2011) were teammates with Saints G Senio Kelemte at the
University of Washington.
• Buccaneers WR Solomon Patton and Saints LB Ronald Powell
played together at the University of Florida from 2010-13.
• Buccaneers LB Jonathan Casillas and Saints WR Nick Toon were
teammates at the University of Wisconsin in 2008.
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