Free-agent DT Akiem Hicks (Buccaneers) has received interest from multiple teams recently but has not decided if he will play in 2023, according to a source.

Free-agent DT Akiem Hicks (Buccaneers) is a player the Tampa Bay Buccaneers hopefully will re-sign this offseason, according to head coach Todd Bowles.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB Carlton Davis (shoulder), DB Logan Ryan (knee), OT Donovan Smith (foot) and DT Vita Vea (calf) did not practice all week and have been ruled out for Week 18 against the Atlanta Falcons. LB Carl Nassib (pectoral) was limited in practice all week but has also been ruled out. S Mike Edwards (hamstring, hip) and WR Julio Jones (knee, illness) were limited in practice Friday, Jan. 6, and are listed as questionable. CB Jamel Dean (toe) was upgraded to a full practice Friday but is also listed as questionable. LB Lavonte David (rest) and DE Akiem Hicks (rest) did not practice Friday but are expected to play. OT Tristan Wirfs (ankle) and QB Tom Brady (rest) practiced in full Friday and no longer appear on the injury report.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB Carlton Davis (shoulder) did not practice all week and is listed as doubtful for Week 17 against the Carolina Panthers. LB Carl Nassib (pectoral) was limited in practice all week and is also listed as doubtful. S Mike Edwards (hamstring), WR Julio Jones (knee), OT Donovan Smith (foot), NT Vita Vea (calf) and S Antoine Winfield Jr. (ankle) were limited in practice all week and are listed as questionable. CB Jamel Dean (toe) was upgraded to a full practice Friday, Dec. 30, but is also listed as questionable. LB Lavonte David (rest) and DE Akiem Hicks (rest) did not practice Friday but are expected to play. LB Anthony Nelson (illness), TE Cade Otton (quad), OT Tristan Wirfs (ankle), DE Rakeem Nunez-Roches (personal) and QB Tom Brady (rest) practiced in full Friday and no longer appear on the injury report.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers DL Vita Vea and Akiem Hicks have played at least 10 snaps in only six games together this season. In those games, the Buccaneers are 5-1 and have yielded 88.9 rushing yards. In the other nine contests, Tampa Bay is 2-7 and has surrendered 141.2 rushing yards.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers LB Genard Avery (abdomen, oblique), CB Jamel Dean (toe), LB Carl Nassib (pectoral), OT Donovan Smith (foot) and DT Vita Vea (calf) did not participate in practice Friday, Dec. 23, and have been ruled out for Week 16. S Antoine Winfield Jr. (ankle) did not practice and is listed as questionable. S Mike Edwards (hamstring) and S Keanu Neal (toe) were limited during practice and are listed as questionable. OT Josh Wells (back) and OT Tristan Wirfs (ankle) fully participated in practice but are listed as questionable. LB Lavonte David (non-injury) and DT Akiem Hicks (non-injury) did not practice but are not on the injury report.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers CB Jamel Dean (toe), LB Carl Nassib (pectoral) and DT Vita Vea (calf) did not practice all week and have been ruled out for Week 15 against the Cincinnati Bengals. LB Genard Avery (oblique, abdomen) did not practice for a second consecutive day on Friday, Dec. 16, and has also been ruled out. WR Julio Jones (knee), S Antoine Winfield Jr. (ankle) and OT Tristan Wirfs (ankle) were limited in practice Friday and are listed as questionable. S Mike Edwards (hamstring), CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (quad) and LB Joe Tryon-Shoyinka (hip) practiced in full on Friday but are also listed as questionable. LB Lavonte David (rest) and DE Akiem Hicks (rest) did not practice Friday but are expected to play.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers LB Akiem Hicks (foot) is expected to play in Week 14's game versus the San Francisco 49ers, according to a source. He had been listed as questionable on the injury report after missing practice Friday, Dec. 9.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers S Mike Edwards (hamstring), S Antoine Winfield Jr. (ankle) and OT Tristan Wirfs (ankle, knee) did not participate in practice Friday, Dec. 9, and have been ruled out for Week 14. DT Akiem Hicks (foot) did not practice and is listed as questionable. CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (quadriceps) fully participated in practice but is listed as questionable. DT Vita Vea (foot, shoulder) was limited during practice but is not on the injury report. TE Cameron Brate (illness) fully participated in practice and is not on the injury report.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers OT Tristan Wirfs (ankle, knee) did not practice all week and was ruled out for Week 13 on Saturday, Dec. 3. Also, S Mike Edwards (hamstring) and S Antoine Winfield Jr. (ankle) did not practice and are doubtful, CB Sean Murphy-Bunting (quadriceps) was limited and is doubtful, TE Cameron Brate (illness), RB Leonard Fournette (hip), OL Luke Goedeke (foot) and WR Russell Gage Jr. (hamstring) practiced in full but are questionable, DL Akiem Hicks (foot) and DL Vita Vea (foot) were limited and are questionable, LB Lavonte David (rest) did not practice but carries no designation, and QB Tom Brady (rest), WR Mike Evans (rest), WR Julio Jones (rest) and OL Nick Leverett (shoulder) practiced in full and were removed from the injury report.