Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie Bucky Irving has had a banner couple of weeks. Indeed, the running back has racked up over 70 rush yards and one rushing touchdown in each of his last three games, including Sunday's overtime victory against the Carolina Panthers, where he rushed for a career-high of 152.

The Bucs' running game has developed better than anyone could have hoped when they lost Dave Canales in 2024. New offensive coordinator Liam Coen has ushered in a rushing attack that rookie Bucky Irving is finally headlining,

Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie Bucky Irving is surging down the stretch, with the running back setting career highs in rushing yards and scrimmage yards in each of the last two weeks.

Rookie RB Bucky Irving has consistently shown an ability to make the first man miss, opening up big plays when he is given a seam to hit, and he led an explosive rushing attack in Sunday's win over Ca

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles had nothing but praise for rookie running back Bucky Irving's breakout performance Sunday."He's getting more comfortable with the offense," Bowles said Monday.

Bucky Irving is seventh on that list, which made me do a little bit of a double take. As a matter of fact, Irving is third in the NFL in Yards After Contact per attempt. A pretty surprising number considering Irving is listed at 5’10 and 195 pounds.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are one of the many teams in the league that have a committee at the running back position. Teams around the league have shown that a committee can be crucial to an offense running smoothly.

It’s still too early to know just how good the Bucs’ 2024 draft class will be, but running back Bucky Irving has shown through 12 games just how good he is.