When we last discussed Buccaneers wide receiver Louis Murphy on these pages, it was in relation to him falling asleep while at a wedding and waking up to find himself locked inside a museum.
Murphy had to break a pane of glass in order to summon help, but it wasn’t an injury sustained in that breakout that landed him on the physically unable to perform list on Tuesday. Murphy tore his ACL last October and did not take part in the offseason program while working his way back to health.
Guard J.R. Sweezy also landed on the PUP list, so his first training camp practice as a member of the team will be a bit delayed. The Bucs announced that Sweezy, who signed as a free agent this offseason, had surgery in April, but did not specify what injury led to that outcome. Pewter Report reports it was a back issue.
The Buccaneers rounded out the day’s transactions by placing safety Elijah Shumate on the non-football injury list, signing offensive lineman Joel Hale and waiving offensive lineman Garrett Gilkey with an injury designation.