Three members of the Tampa Bay Bucs — Mike Evans, Lavonte David and Gerald McCoy — have been named to the second team All-Pro squad, says the Associated Press.
It is the second selection for David, after earning first-team honors following the 2013 campaign. He is one of only four linebackers in team history to earn multiple AP All-Pro selections, joining Derrick Brooks, Hugh Green and Hardy Nickerson. This season, David tied for the league lead in tackles for loss with 17, while forcing four fumbles, tied for the seventh-most in the NFL. David also posted 5.0 sacks, tied for the most by any player with at least 80 tackles.
Evans is the first Buccaneers wide receiver to ever earn All-Pro honors and only the third receiver in team history to receive All-Pro honors of any kind (Mark Carrier, 1989 second-team All-Pro, College and Pro Football Newsweekly; Keyshawn Johnson, 2001 first-team All-Pro, Sports Illustrated). This season, Evans had 96 catches for 1,321 yards and 12 touchdowns. He ranked sixth in the NFL in receptions, fourth in receiving yards and tied for second in the league in receiving touchdowns. His 12 touchdown catches tied his own mark from 2014 for the most touchdown receptions in a single season in team history, while his 96 receptions were second-most and his 1,321 receiving yards were the third-most.
This is the third career selection for McCoy, who earned first-team honors following the 2013 season and second-team honors following the 2014 season. He is the eighth player in team history to be named to three or more AP All-Pro teams, joining Ronde Barber, Brooks, Nickerson, John Lynch, Simeon Rice, Warren Sapp and Lee Roy Selmon. McCoy started all 15 games he played in this season, leading the team in sacks with 7.0, which ranked fourth in the NFL among defensive tackles. McCoy also tied a career-best with five passes defensed, which tied for the fourth-most in the league among defensive tackles.
