Official Rookie Free Agent List

In addition to the two players I mentioned the other day, the Bucs signed another three players to rookie free agent deals: Chris Clark (T, Southern Miss), Elbert Mack (CB, Troy), and Tyrice Thompson (TE, Arizona State). I'll be honest with you, I consider myself relatively knowledgeable about upcoming NFL-eligible players coming out of college, but I have no idea who any of these guys are. You'd think Mack might have made an impression on me since he played with Leodis McKelvin at Troy, but nope. Sorry.

The Bucs also signed a whole bunch of dudes to "tryout" contracts for this weekend's rookie minicamp. The Times has some of their stories here, here and here. Unlike the five guys mentioned above, the tryouts aren't actually part of the roster. Almost all of them are guaranteed to go home with nothing Sunday night. Sometimes one or two of those guys are signed to free agent deals so the real players have a few extra torsos to beat the shit out of during training camp, but I can't think of a single tryout player who made it onto a gameday roster. Can you?