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Position: | Wide receiver / Punt returner | ||||||||||
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Born: | Kentwood, Louisiana, U.S. | April 2, 2001||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 192 lb (87 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Kentwood (LA) | ||||||||||
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NFL draft: | 2023 / round: 6 / pick: 191 | ||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||||||||
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Career NFL statistics as of Week 12, 2024 | |||||||||||
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Raymontre Palmer (born April 2, 2001) is an American professional football wide receiver and punt returner for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at LSU and Nebraska. He was selected by the Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2023 NFL draft.
Palmer attended Kentwood High Magnet School in Kentwood, Louisiana where he played wide receiver and safety.[1] He committed to Louisiana State University (LSU) to play college football.[2][3][4]
Palmer played at LSU from 2019 to 2021, totaling 41 receptions for 458 yards and three touchdowns across 28 games.[5][6] He transferred to the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 2022.[7][8][9] In his final game against Iowa, he caught nine passes for 165 yards and two touchdowns to set the single-season record for most receiving yards (1,043) and total receptions (71) by a Nebraska wide receiver.[10]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | ||
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6 ft 0+1⁄4 in (1.84 m) |
192 lb (87 kg) |
31+7⁄8 in (0.81 m) |
9+5⁄8 in (0.24 m) |
4.33 s | 1.51 s | 2.52 s | 4.26 s | 7.13 s | 29.5 in (0.75 m) |
9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) | ||
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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Palmer in the 6th round of the 2023 NFL draft with the 191st overall pick.[13] He debuted in Week 1 against the Minnesota Vikings, hauling in a 7-yard touchdown catch in the 20–17 win.[14] Palmer finished his rookie season with 39 receptions for 385 yards and three touchdowns.[15] In his team's Wild Card round victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in the 2023–24 NFL playoffs, he scored his first postseason touchdown on a 56-yard reception.[16]
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
2023 | TB | 17 | 8 | 39 | 385 | 9.9 | 54 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
2024 | TB | 8 | 3 | 10 | 141 | 14.1 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 25 | 11 | 49 | 526 | 10.7 | 54 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Year | Team | Games | Receiving | Rushing | Fumbles | ||||||||||
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GP | GS | Rec | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Att | Yds | Avg | Lng | TD | Fum | Lost | ||
2023 | TB | 2 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 2 | 0 | 3 | 88 | 29.3 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |