Just two days after completing the signing of right tackle Luke Goedeke to a four-year contract extension that runs through the 2029 season, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have locked in another one of the stars from their 2022 draft class. On Friday, fourth-year cornerback Zyon McCollum inked his own three-year extension that will run through the 2028 campaign. Goedeke was a second-round pick in 2022 while McCollum was selected in the fifth round after the team traded a 2023 fourth-round selection to get that pick. Both players were previously heading into the final year of their initial rookie contracts.

McCollum has developed into one of the better young cornerbacks in the NFL. In his first full season as a starter in 2024, he tied for third in the league with 17 passes defensed while pickin

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