Tampa Bay Buccaneers place Randy Gregory on reserve/did not report list amid training camp holdout

The tenure of outside linebacker Randy Gregory with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers appears to be off to a precarious start. Gregory has yet to report for training camp resulting in Tampa Bay placing him on the “reserve/did not report” list. According to Greg Auman this is not the first time the veteran linebacker has failed to show up to a mandatory team event.

“Bucs have officially placed OLB Randy Gregory on the “reserve/did not report” list today. Did not report for training camp, after not showing up for mandatory minicamp last month,” said Auman via X.

Tampa Bay signed Gregory to a deal back in early April after he spent the 2023-24 season with the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers. The former second-round draft pick of the Dallas Cowboys agreed to a one-year deal with the Buccaneers to help replace Shaquil Barrett, who was released from the team back in March.

Gregory at odds with NFL and Broncos over fines

Gregory also made headlines last month when he filed a lawsuit for discrimination against one of his former teams in 2023, the Denver Broncos. The edge rusher racked up over $500,000 in fines for violating the league’s policy against certain drug use. Broncos head coach Sean Payton also addressed the matter shortly after the lawsuit was made public, making this statement.

“Listen, I’m aware of what was written in the lawsuit, but it was nothing I had to deal with directly at all,” Payton said. “It’s more of a league issue than a Broncos issue. It was nothing that I ever dealt with.”

Gregory’s claim of discrimination is largely centered around him taking various medications throughout the season, like THC, and receiving half a million in fines. Although the Broncos’ home of Denver, Co, has THC listed as a legal recreational drug, it is still on the NFL banned substance list. Gregory’s fallout comes from several denied attempts to receive special accommodation from the league to take those medicines prescribed to him. The other drug in question, along with the HHC, was Dronabinol, a type of medicine prescribed to help individuals cope with disorders such as social anxiety disorder and PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder.

It is also worth noting that NFL players can no longer be subjected to suspensions for testing positive for THC. However, they can still be fined, which is the reason why Gregory filed his lawsuit.