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Antoine Winfield Jr.

Safety, Tampa Bay Buccaneers · #31.

Player facts

Team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Position: Safety
Number: 31
Born: Aug 16, 1998 (age 28)
Birthplace: The Woodlands, TX, USA
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 203 lbs
College: Minnesota
Experience: 7 seasons
Status: Active

Stats

2026 Defense

	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	YDS	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	STF	STFYDS	KB
Regular Season	24	15	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Career	561	368	193	18	13	10	67	9	94	10.4	0	28	38	20	47	0

Recent games

			Tackles				Fumbles		Interceptions
Date	Opponent	Result	TOT	SOLO	AST	SACK	FF	FR	INT	YDS	AVG	TD	LNG	PD	KB
Sun, Oct 4	vs GB	L 17-14	6	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 27	vs MIN	L 23-16	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 20	vs CLE	L 23-19	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
Sun, Sep 13	@ CIN	L 33-27	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0

Last 4 games. Click a game for its box score.

About

Antoine Duane Winfield Jr. (born August 16, 1998) is an American professional football safety for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, earning unanimous All-American honors and winning Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year in 2019. Winfield was selected by the Buccaneers in the second round of the 2020 NFL draft. With Tampa Bay, Winfield has received two Pro Bowl selections and was named a first-team All-Pro in 2023 after leading the league in forced fumbles. He was also a member of the team that won Super Bowl LV.

From Wikipedia’s article on Antoine Winfield Jr., shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.¹

Background

Early life

Winfield Jr. attended Eden Prairie High School in Eden Prairie, Minnesota for his freshman year before he and his family moved to The Woodlands, Texas and attended The Woodlands High School, where he was a three-year letterer and two-year starting safety, in addition to being the team's kick returner, playing alongside future NFL players Ethan Bonner and Patrick Carr. As a senior, he totaled 87 tackles, five forced fumbles, and one interception, and was named the Montgomery County Player of the Year. Winfield was considered a two-star recruit by Rivals.com, and accepted a scholarship from Minnesota over offers from Baylor, Eastern Michigan, Houston, Lamar, Missouri, South Florida, Texas State, and Wyoming, among others.

College career

As a true freshman at Minnesota in 2016, Winfield Jr. played in 12 games and made nine starts. During the season, he had 52 tackles, one interception and one fumble recovered for a touchdown. He played in the first four games in 2017 before suffering an injury that caused him to miss the rest of the season. He finished the season with 20 tackles and a sack. Winfield Jr. again played in only four games in 2018, recording 17 tackles and an interception. He returned from the injuries in 2019 and was named a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy. In the 2019 season, his seven interceptions led the Big Ten Conference. After being named a first-team All American and Big Ten Defensive Back of the Year during the 2019 season, Winfield announced that he would forgo his final two years of eligibility and declared for the 2020 NFL draft.

Personal life

Winfield's father, Antoine Sr., played in the NFL for 14 seasons with the Buffalo Bills and the Minnesota Vikings. Antoine Jr., was born in Columbus, Ohio while his father attended Ohio State University. His mother, Erniece Winfield, also attended Ohio State.

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