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The Bucs’ Standout Player Nobody Is Talking About

Originally posted on PewterReport.com | By Matt Matera | Last updated Jun 13, 2025 9:49 AM ET

The Bucs have had their share of standout moments during the two weeks of OTAs and then three straight days of mandatory mini-camp. Inside linebacker SirVocea Dennis has been the most talked about player on defense, while we’ve been mesmerized as well by plays from rookie wideouts Emeka Egbuka and Tez Johnson. There really hasn’t been a shortage players stepping up, and that’s even before that pads have come on for training camp this summer.

And maybe because the pads haven’t come on, there hasn’t been as much attention paid to the offensive and defensive line based on the physicality that makes up those positions. Of course one man that needs to have an eye on every position is head coach Todd Bowles, who mentioned that the unsung hero of this mini-camp was none other than defensive tackle Logan Hall.

Todd Bowles Praises Bucs’ DT Logan Hall

“Logan [Hall], quietly – before I mentioned ‘Voss’ (SirVocea Dennis) last week – probably had the most productive offseason that I’ve seen,” Bowles said. “He’s quicker. He keeps his head down and works and he’s kind of unsung with [Calijah] Kancey and Vita [Vea] down there, but he had five sacks last year and he didn’t play third downs. He’s very athletic. He played the run well, he has some pass rush moves that we’re unlocking still, and he still has another level that he can get to. But from a movement standpoint, I’m very pleased with everything I saw from Logan this spring.”

It’s kind of easy to have Logan Hall get lost in the shuffle when Vita Vea and Calijah Kancey play the same defensive tackle position. Tampa Bay also signed Florida defensive tackle Desmond Watson as and undrafted free agent, and he gained a ton of headlines due to him being the heaviest player in NFL history at over 400 pounds. The Bucs also drafted Elijah Roberts in the fifth round, adding a new piece to the defensive line room with a new set of eyes on him.

What Hall needs to continue doing to keep him in the conversation is to pick up where he left off at the end of last season. He had a career-high seven tackles in the playoff loss to Washington, and posted a career-high 5.5 sacks during the regular season. And as Bowles pointed out, Hall wasn’t always in primary pass rushing situations because he wasn’t playing on third downs.

Hall’s best game of 2024 was in the Wild Card game at home against the Commanders. Although it wasn’t the result that the Bucs wanted, Hall was a big-time run stuffer with five solo tackles and he outplayed both Kancey and Vea.

Hall has made plays before and has stood out from time to time. The problem has been that the plays haven’t been strung together nor has he had great games on a consistent basis. It’s one big game followed relatively quiet games for the next four or five before he breaks out once again. Yet everyone is only as good as his last game, and Hall is certainly trending in the right direction.

2025 Is An Important Season For Logan Hall And The Bucs

While Vita Vea and Calijah Kancey will certainly share the spotlight this season, and rightfully so given their production over the previous two years, Hall has a chance to elevate himself in a very important season for him. Not only are Luke Goedeke, Cade Otton and Zyon McCollum due for contract extensions before 2026, so is Hall, who was the first selection of the 2022 draft class (the first pick of round two). Yet he’s a name that never seems to be mentioned.

Since the Bucs do have Vea and Kancey under contract for a few more years, it wouldn’t make sense for Tampa Bay to extend Hall, a reserve defensive lineman, when Goedeke, McCollum and Otton are all starters at their positions. What Hall can do is play well enough that he can be highly sought after by other teams in free agency, or even put the Bucs in a situation where they do want to re-sign him as a rotational piece up front.

However it plays out, a good season from Hall likely means a successful year for the Bucs as a team as well. It’s a good sign that he’s already off to the kind of start that everybody wants to see from him in 2025.

This article first appeared on Pewter Report and was syndicated with permission.

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