The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will start the season with All-Pro WR Chris Godwin on the 53-man roster but he won't play until October.

Buccaneers head coach Todd Bowles confirmed on Thursday that the team plans to activate wide receiver Chris Godwin from the physically unable to perform list ahead of the cut to 53 players next week and he's not the only player they plan to put on the active roster.

The Bucs have one of the deepest wide receiver rooms in the NFL, despite all of the injuries they are currently facing. They have the two veterans in Mike Evans and Chris Godwin Jr. Behind them are younger faces Jalen McMillan,

Emeka Egbuka has been turning heads this training camp and preseason, and the Bucs get ready for Week 1 in the coming weeks. The team is likely to use him right away, while Chris Godwin Jr. is nursing his ankle back from the injury he suffered in 2024, and now Jalen McMillan is placed on injured reserve.