Sua Opeta signed with the Bucs, but his 2025 journey took an unexpected turn elsewhere. Where did he land?
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers re-signed offensive guard Sua Opeta to a one-year contract last season. A five-year NFL veteran beforehand, the Bucs signed Opeta ahead of the 2024 season and decided to bring him back.But he ended 2025 with another team.Bucs Roundtable will take a look at where each of the Buccaneers' 2025 free agents stand going into this year's cycle.
Our series has featured offensive lineman Charlie Heck, linebackers Haason Reddick and Anthony Walker Jr., along with cornerback Kindle Vildor and punter Riley Dixon.The series will also include players brought aboard before 2025, who the team re-signed, such as nose tackle Greg Gaines and guard Ben Bredeson.
Opeta’s Background
Not many NFL players come from Weber State. Per Pro Football Reference, only 40 players from that program have been drafted. Opeta wasn’t one of them. After a five-year career at Weber (2014-18), Opeta entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2019.
In between, Opeta redshirted his true freshman season at Weber State, starting out as a defensive tackle. The next season, he switched to the offensive line, and it worked out well. In his first year on the line, he was named an honorable mention All-Big Sky player.
He later became a two-time FCS All-American and was named to the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl. After spending most of his rookie season on the practice squad, Opeta got his first taste of regular-season NFL action in 2020, appearing in eight games and starting two before a back injury ended his season in late November.
Pro Career
Opeta didn’t make the 2021 Eagles final roster out of training camp. Although, he did spend time during the season on the team’s practice squad as he did in 2020.
He ended up playing in 10 games, again starting two. He appeared in seven games during the 2022 season without any starts, then had the most productive year of his career in 2023, starting six games.
This led to him signing a one-year, $1.375 million contract with the Bucs in the 2024 offseason, and he was expected to compete for a starting job.
Then, in training camp, Opeta tore his ACL, which cost him the entire 2024 season.
In 2025, Opeta didn’t make the Buccaneers out of training camp, and after spending a little more than a month on the practice squad, the Bucs released him.
Philly brought him back a little more than two weeks later, then released him after 11 days.
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