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Bucs DT Calijah Kancey Carted Off Field After Injury

The former Pitt Panthers star and first-round pick was injured at training camp.

Stephen Thompson

Bucs DT Calijah Kancey Carted Off Field After Injury
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PITTSBURGH -- A former Pitt Panthers defensive tackle has suffered an injury during his first week of practices with his new NFL team. 

Calijah Kancey, the former Pitt star, was carted off the practice field at Tampa Bay Buccaneers training camp. Kancey came up lame after running through an unpadded drill and appeared to favor his right calf. 

Kancey was the No. 19 overall pick of the 2023 NFL Draft by the Buccaneers, the second Panther to have been drafted in the first round in as many years. 

Before he shattered all-time records with his speed and quickness at the NFL Combine and Pitt's Pro Day, Kancey was a unanimous All-American and ACC Defensive Player of the Year this past season after recording 31 tackles, 14.5 for a loss and 7.5 sacks in 11 games this year.

He suffered a shoulder injury that kept him out of the regular season finale and sidelined him for the Sun Bowl against No. 18 UCLA, but Kancey still led the country's interior defensive linemen in tackles for loss.

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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