Lavonte Lamar David, a linebacker for the National Football League’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was born on January 23, 1990. (NFL). He represented the University of Nebraska in college football, and the Buccaneers selected him in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft. Since joining the NFL, David has been selected for three All-Pro teams, made one Pro Bowl appearance, and won Super Bowl LV in 2020 after defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9.
Contract
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Lavonte David to a two-year contract.
Salary per year
Lavonte David’s annual salary is $12,500,000.
Net worth
His net worth ranges between $5 and $10 million.
David entered the NFL Draft in 2012 and participated in the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Indiana. He finished the combine and positional drills. Teams discussed moving him to safety because he was deemed too small to play linebacker in the NFL. Sports Illustrated and NFL draft experts predicted David to be a second or third-round pick. At the conclusion of the pre-draft process, DraftScout.com ranked David as the third-best outside linebacker in the draft, NFL analyst Mike Mayock ranked him as the fourth-best outside linebacker prospect, and Sports Illustrated ranked him as the tenth-best outside linebacker in the draft.
David was selected 58th overall by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the second round of the 2012 NFL Draft. The Buccaneers traded their third (68th overall) and fourth (126th overall) round picks to the Houston Texans to move up to the second round and draft David. The Buccaneers received the Texans’ second and seventh-round (233rd overall) picks in 2012 in exchange. He was the ninth linebacker drafted in 2012 and the highest-drafted Nebraska linebacker since Barrett Ruud in 2005.
