ESPN insider: Tampa Bay Buccaneers make decision on future of former Florida QB Kyle Trask

The retirement of Tom Brady has created some serious opportunity within the Tampa Bay organization, opportunity that former Florida quarterback Kyle Trask seems ready to seize upon.

Trask, a 2020 Heisman Trophy finalist, has spent the last two years waiting in the wings and learning under Brady, patiently biding his time. It may now be here, according to ESPN’s Jeff Darlington.

“The Bucs, from my conversations with the organization, they do feel like, at least, Kyle Trask is likely to be the guy under center,” Darlington said. “I feel pretty confident that they’re going in that direction, whether that’s due to some salary cap concerns because they did go all in on Tom Brady these past couple of years to try to build around him. And now they do have to pay a little bit of that price.”

The #Bucs will likely go ahead with QB Kyle Trask as their Week 1 starter, per Jeff Darlington

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Trask was a former second-round NFL Draft pick by Tampa Bay in 2021. He was taken with the No. 64 overall pick in the draft.

To date he’s had relatively little impact in Tampa Bay.

He’s gone 3-of-9 passing for 23 yards and has not thrown a touchdown or an interception. But from what Tampa Bay has seen out of him in practice the past two years, the Buccaneers seem confident.

“I still think Jason Licht, the general manager, is never just going to lay down, by any means,” Darlington said. “But I also think he believes Kyle Trask has what it takes to be a winner in this league. He looks around the division and he says (they) have the best quarterback in the division, at the very least. I’m not saying that means much but I think that he at least thinks they can be competitive with Kyle Trask.”

More info on Kyle Trask

A second-round NFL Draft pick by the Buccaneers, Kyle Trask took the college football world by storm in 2020.

He went 301-of-437 passing fopr 4,283 yards with 43 touchdowns against just eight interceptions while playing in 12 games in a pandemic-shortened season.

Trask also led Florida to an SEC East title and the Gators went toe-to-toe with Alabama in the SEC Championship Game before falling 52-46.

Following the season, Trask would finish fourth in the Heisman Trophy voting, behind receiver DeVonta Smith, quarterback Trevor Lawrence and quarterback Mac Jones.