Tampa Bay placed Jarrett (undisclosed) on its injured reserve list with a designation to return Monday, Greg Auman of Fox Sports reports. The transaction means Jarrett will have to sit out for at least the first four games of the season but will be eligible to return come Week 5. Whether there's space for him on the 53-man roster at that point may depend on the health of the Buccaneers' other running backs.
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Status
IR-R - Undisclosed - Not Specified Expected Return: 2024-10-13Latest Rakim Jarrett news
Team
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Birthdate
1/24/2001 (23)
Status
Injured Reserve - Designated for Return
HT/WT
6'0", 192 lbs
Birthplace
Palmer Park, MD, USA
Position
WR
College
Maryland
Experience
2 seasons
Career History
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
2023-Present
(2 seasons)
Tampa Bay placed Jarrett (undisclosed) on its injured reserve list with a designation to return Monday, Greg Auman of Fox Sports reports. The transaction means Jarrett will have to sit out for at least the first four games of the season but will be eligible to return come Week 5. Whether there's space for him on the 53-man roster at that point may depend on the health of the Buccaneers' other running backs.
Coach Todd Bowles acknowledged this weekend that Jarrett (undisclosed) is likely to begin the coming campaign on IR, Scott Smith of the Buccaneers' official site reports. With roster cutdowns looming, it looks like Jarrett's unspecified injury will cost him time out of the gate this season. In his anticipated absence, Mike Evans, Chris Godwin, Jalen McMillan and Trey Palmer are projected to lead the Bucs' WR corps heading into Week 1.
Jarrett's undisclosed injury is expected to extend into the regular season, Greg Auman of Fox Sports reports. Specifics about the injury haven't been made clear, but it appears that the issue is serious enough to put Jarrett's status for the season opener in doubt. The second-year wideout has been slated for a depth role in Tampa Bay's wide-receiver room. He got into 10 contests as an undrafted rookie last year, catching four of nine targets for 60 yards over 106 offensive snaps.
Jarrett did not practice Monday due to an undisclosed injury, Scott Smith of the team's official site reports. The second-year wideout was able to log 31 snaps in a preseason win over the Bengals on Saturday night, but head coach Todd Bowles confirmed Jarrett was a non-participant in the first practice following that contest. Bowles added that Jarrett was "nursing an injury" without offering any more specifics, and it remains to be seen if the receiver will be able to participate in the first day of joint practices with the Jaguars on Wednesday.
Jarrett secured both targets for 35 yards in the Buccaneers' 17-14 preseason win over the Bengals on Saturday night. Jarrett was second on the Bucs in receiving yards on the night, slotting in just seven yards behind one of his primary competitors for a deep reserve receiver spot in Ryan Miller. Jarrett has the advantage of having appeared in 10 regular-season games as a rookie in 2023, but with Miller having recorded a team-high 42 receiving yards Saturday, Jarrett appears to have formidable competition on his hands.
The rookie's target tally was a new high-water mark for him over the first seven games of the season and marked his second straight contest drawing multiple looks in the passing game. Jarrett's snap count actually fell from a tally of 17 in Week 7 to 10 on Thursday, but he was able to draw plenty of Baker Mayfield's attention during that span. Jarrett could be sliding into a timeshare at the No. 4 receiver spot with Deven Thompkins for all practical purposes, although that's still not a scenario very conductive to strong fantasy production in the Bucs' Baker Mayfield-led air attack.