The Tampa Bay Buccaneers placed undrafted defensive tackle Desmond Watson on the non-football injury list due to his weight. Watson, 22, was 6-foot-6, 464 pounds when the Bucs signed him after the 2025 NFL Draft. He is down to about 450 pounds but hasn’t lost enough weight to be cleared for training camp.

Desmond Watson’s quest to make the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will get a late start. Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said the heaviest player in NFL history is day to day after starting camp on non-football injury list due to his weight.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie Desmond Watson weighs too much. The Bucs made that more or less an official stance this week, when they placed the undrafted free agent on the non-football illness list. Watson weighed 464 pounds at Florida, and various reports this offseason have listed him at either 437 pounds or 449 pounds.