Sirvocea Dennis

Career StatsB

Year	Team	GP	Tkl	Sacks	INT
Career		33	136	4.0	1
2025		16	101	3.0	1
2024		4	22	1.0	0
2023		13

Season	Team	GP	Tkl	Sacks	INT	PD	Grade
2025		16	101	3.0	1	—	B+ B+ Top 20%
2024		4	22	1.0	0	—	C- C- Below average
2023		13	13	0.0	0	—	F F Bottom 5%

Grades reflect the player's performance in each season. Header grade shows the current season.

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Earning a A- Contract Value Index, Sirvocea Dennis's 4-year pact reflects how Tampa Bay valued the linebacker position market at the time of his 2023 draft selection. Dennis's 2025 season—101 tackles, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 16 games—delivered above-average production that matches his B performance grade, and late-season moments like his fourth-down interception against Buffalo demonstrated genuine coverage chops when the stakes were highest. At $1.0 million AAV, he remains a bargain-bin roster option by any realistic linebacker standard, giving the Buccaneers significant salary flexibility if they choose to keep him in a reduced depth role rather than cut him loose. As a third-year player at age 26, Dennis is squarely in the window where teams expect either a leap into a franchise-caliber starter or confirmation that he's a solid rotational piece—the Buccaneers' recent signing of Josiah Trotter signals the organization is hedging against his upside trajectory. The Contract Value Index grade reflects not just the audited production Dennis delivered in 2025, but also the fact that his current deal carries virtually no dead-cap liability if Tampa Bay pivots, making retention or release a genuinely low-cost decision either way. His roster status entering 2026 remains genuinely in play, per media framing, but the contract structure itself—cheap, short, and flexible—ensures the Buccaneers maintain maximum optionality as they evaluate whether Dennis is part of their linebacker future.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the A band — a quick read on where Sirvocea's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Sirvocea Dennis has quietly emerged as a legitimate starter-caliber linebacker for Tampa Bay after three seasons and 33 career games developing his NFL game. Earning a B performance grade, Dennis profiles as a high-energy, run-stopping presence whose upside remains underappreciated league-wide. At just 26, his best football is almost certainly still ahead of him. His tackle production is the standout headline — 6.31 tackles per game dwarfs the NFL average of 2.19 and approaches the elite threshold of 7.32. Even more impressive, his TFL rate of 0.75 per game sits exactly at the elite benchmark, signaling genuine disruptive ability behind the line of scrimmage. His pass-rushing production at 0.19 sacks per game is functional but modest, and improving that number remains the clearest path toward a higher ceiling. Dennis's trajectory tells an encouraging story — he graded out at a D in 2023, improved to a C in 2024, and posted a B in 2025, demonstrating consistent upward momentum across each season. If he can sharpen his pass-rush repertoire and sustain his elite TFL production, a B-plus or better grade is a realistic expectation next season. Watch for Tampa Bay to expand his role as a blitz package weapon if that sack rate climbs.

How Sirvocea Compares at the Position

Sirvocea Dennis ranks 56th of 338 graded linebackers by performance. That slots Sirvocea between Drue Tranquill (B) just ahead and Barrett Carter (B) just behind.

Current Sentiment

SirVocea Dennis carries a D- sentiment grade right now, with the conversation around his Pro Bowl-caliber moments shaping the narrative. The dominant story line framing his 2026 outlook centers on organizational uncertainty: the Buccaneers' May signing of linebacker Josiah Trotter — a clear depth-chart signal — has triggered widespread speculation that Tampa Bay may part ways with Dennis despite his expanded 2025 role, with credible outlets explicitly predicting his exit and characterizing his tenure as disappointing relative to the opportunities afforded him as a 16-game starter. What complicates that pessimism is his actual on-field tape: his 2025 season of 101 tackles, 3 sacks, and 1 interception across 16 games, plus late-season plays like a fourth-down interception against Buffalo and a pass breakup that sealed a win, have generated genuine positive coverage and suggest his B performance grade is translating into real moments of impact that media observers are crediting. His modest $1.0 million salary further softens the narrative — analysts acknowledge he's a low-cost option the Buccaneers could retain in a reduced role rather than cut outright, which keeps a plausible roster path alive even as the team reshapes its linebacker room. The net effect is a cautious-skepticism narrative frozen in wait-and-see mode: Dennis has enough demonstrated coverage ability and clutch production to avoid being written off, but the Buccaneers' recent depth additions and the threat from Trotter's development have shifted media and fan perception from "rising rotation piece" to "depth linebacker with genuine job security questions."