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Lavonte David and Buccaneers agree to contract extension

Linebacker Lavonte David agrees to contract extension with Buccaneers

Lavonte David's agents said the agreement extends David's contract for five years and is worth $50.25 million, with $25.56 million guaranteed, reports NFL.com's Ian Rapoport. 
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and linebacker Lavonte David have agreed on a contract extension, the team announced Sunday. 

David's agents said the agreement extends David's contract for five years and is worth $50.25 million with $25.56 million guaranteed, reports NFL.com's Ian Rapoport. 

David would have become a free agent next spring, but he and Bucs general manager Jason Licht had expressed a desire to finalize a contract extension this off-season. 

The Buccaneers drafted David in the second round of the 2012 draft. He has started all but two games for the Bucs since then, missing those games in 2014 with a hamstring injury. 

David led the Buccaneers with 101 tackles in 2014, and was a first-team All-Pro linebacker in 2013.

Last season, Tampa Bay finished with a 2–14 record, tied for worst in the NFL with the Tennessee Titans.

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