Lions vs. Buccaneers: Roster Connections

Bucs S Andrew Adams spent the 2019 offseason with the Lions.

Bucs DL Ndamukong Suh was drafted by the Lions with the 2nd overall pick in the 2010 NFL Draft. Suh played five seasons for the Lions and was a First-Team All-Pro selection three times with the franchise (2010, 2013-14).

Bucs Outside Linebackers Coach Larry Foote grew up in Detroit Mich., played at Michigan (1998-2001) and played for the Lions during the 2009 season.

Lions CB Rashaan Melvin came into the NFL as an undrafted rookie free agent with the Bucs and played there from 2013-14.

Bucs DL William Gholston is from Detroit, Mich., attended Southeastern High School and played collegiately at Michigan State from 2010-12.

Bucs CB Sean Murphy-Bunting is from Macomb, Mich., and played high school football at Chippewa Valley High School.

Lions RB J.D. McKissic (left) and Bucs DL Rakeem Nuñez- Roches (right) both attended Central High School in Phenix City, Ala. from 2007-10 and helped lead the Red Devils to the Alabama Class 6A State Playoffs with a 9-2 record in 2010.

Lions WR Kenny Golladay (right) and Bucs DL Patrick O'Connor (left) were teammates at St. Rita High School in Chicago Ill. from 2008-11. They both graduated in 2012 and were each drafted in the 2017 NFL Draft by the Lions.

Lions CB Amani Oruwariye (left) grew up in Tampa, Fla. and went to Bucs games as a kid. Oruwariye attended Gaither High School and played against Bucs CB Mazzi Wilkins (right) during each of their senior seasons as Wilkins' Plant High School won 41-8.

Lions S Tavon Wilson (right( and Bucs Offensive Coordinator Byron Leftwich (left) are both from Washington, D.C. and attended Woodson High School.

Lions QB Matthew Stafford was born in Tampa, Fla.

Lions LB Jason Cabinda (middle), TE Jesse James (top left), CB Amani Oruwariye (bottom left), Bucs WR Chris Godwin (right), OLB Carl Nassib and T Donovan Smith were teammates at Penn State in 2014. The team went 7-6 and helped James Franklin become the first Nittany Lions head coach to win a bowl game in his first season when they won the Pinstripe Bowl.

Lions T Rick Wagner (left) and Bucs DL Beau Allen (right) were teammates at Wisconsin from 2010-12. Bucs RB Dare Ogunbowale was on the 2012 Wisconsin team and also played with Lions OL Beau Benzschawel from 2014-16 with the Badgers.

Lions DL Da'Shawn Hand, DT A'Shawn Robinson, RB Bo Scarbrough (right) and Bucs TE O.J. Howard (left) all played for Alabama in 2015. In that season, the Crimson Tide went on to go 14-1 and win the College Football Playoff over Clemson 45-40.

Lions DE Austin Bryant (right) and Bucs TE Jordan Leggett (left) played together at Clemson from 2015-16.

Lions LB Christian Jones (left) and Bucs QB Jameis Winston (right) played with each other at Florida State from 2012-13. Jones and Winston were part of the 2013 National Championship team that went 14-0 as both players were named to First and Second-Team All-ACC.

Lions Defensive Coordinator Paul Pasqualoni (left) was the Head Coach at UConn from 2011-13 when Bucs S Andrew Adams (right) played for the Huskies.

Lions Special Teams Coordinator John Bonamego (left) was the head coach of Central Michigan from 2016-18 when Bucs CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (right) was with the program. In 2017, the duo went 8-5 for the first time in the program's history since 2009.

Lions CB Rashaan Melvin (middle), T Rick Wagner (left), Bucs C Ryan Jensen (right) and WR Breshad Perriman all played in Baltimore together during the 2015 season. Bucs S Darian Stewart also played with Melvin and Wagner in 2014 with the Ravens.

Lions DT Damon Harrison Sr. (right) played under Bucs Defensive Coordinator Todd Bowles (left) when he was the head coach of the New York Jets in 2015.

Lions TE Logan Thomas (middle), Bucs ILB Kevin Minter and OL Earl Watford (left) all played for the Cardinals in 2014 under current Bucs Head Coach Bruce Arians (right) when he held the same position.

Lions Defensive Coordinator Paul Pasqualoni (pictured), Bucs Defensive Coordinator Todd Bowles and Bucs Defensive Line Coach Kacey Rodgers were all on staff with the Dallas Cowboys from 2005-07. All three also coached together in Miami from 2008-09 with Lions Special Teams Coordinator John Bonamego.

Lions LB Christian Jones (left) and Bucs DE Sam Acho (right) were teammates in Chicago from 2015-17.

Lions DT Damon Harrison Sr. (left), LB Devon Kennard, DE Romeo Okwara, Bucs S Andrew Adams and OLB Jason Pierre-Paul (right) all played with each other for the New York Giants from 2016- 17. As part of the defense in 2016, the Giants allowed only the second-fewest points in the NFL.