Jason Licht is an American professional football executive who is the general manager of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League, a position he has held since 2014.
13 Facts About Jason Licht
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Jason Licht played linebacker for the University of Nebraska football team as a freshman in 1989 and offensive guard in 1991 before transferring to Nebraska Wesleyan University, where he played defensive tackle from 1992 to 1993.
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Jason Licht then spent the 1997 season working for the college scouting agency National Football Scouting and the 1998 season in the Carolina Panthers' scouting department.
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From 1999 through 2000, Jason Licht served as a college scout for the Patriots before being promoted to national scout for the 2001 season.
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Jason Licht then was promoted to assistant director of player personnel in 2002, a position he held for one season before re-joining Heckert, then the Philadelphia Eagles' vice president of player personnel, in 2003 as the Eagles' assistant director of player personnel.
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In June 2008, Jason Licht was hired by the Arizona Cardinals as a personnel executive.
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Jason Licht left the Cardinals and returned to the Patriots as their director of pro personnel in February 2009.
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The Bears hired Emery, and Jason Licht returned to Arizona as the Cardinals' director of player personnel beginning in 2012 and was promoted to vice president of player personnel in January 2013.
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Jason Licht signed a 4-year deal with a fifth-year team option.
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Jason Licht was officially introduced at One Buc Place on January 23,2014.
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Jason Licht's Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV on February 7,2021.
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Jason Licht drafted players Mike Evans, Vita Vea, Carlton Davis III, Sean Murphy-Bunting, Devin White, Tristan Wirfs, Antoine Winfield Jr.
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Jason Licht was credited heavily for his efforts to retain key, highly touted, free agents Chris Godwin, Shaquil Barrett, and Lavonte David during the 2021 offseason with the use of salary cap savvy deals.