{"product_id":"simeon-rice-signed-buccaneers-custom-orange-jersey-bas-authenticated","title":"Simeon Rice Signed Buccaneers Custom Orange Jersey BAS Authenticated","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdd the signature of the pass-rusher who completed the greatest defense \nof his era to your collection with this \u003cstrong\u003eSimeon Rice Autographed Tampa \nBay Buccaneers Custom Orange Football Jersey — BAS Authenticated\u003c\/strong\u003e. \nThe 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense featured Derrick Brooks, Warren Sapp, \nJohn Lynch, and Ronde Barber — four players the Pro Football Hall of Fame \nhas since enshrined. It was already one of the most decorated defensive \nrosters in NFL history before the snap of a single 2002 game. \n\u003cstrong\u003eSimeon Rice was the pass-rush engine that made it historic.\u003c\/strong\u003e \nRice led the Tampa Bay defense with 15.5 regular-season sacks that year, \nthen added 4.0 more in the postseason — including two sacks of league MVP \nRich Gannon in the Buccaneers' 48–21 Super Bowl XXXVII victory over the \nOakland Raiders, the first championship in Tampa Bay franchise history. \nDerrick Brooks, Hall of Famer and the linebacker who played alongside Rice \nfor six seasons, was direct about what Rice's free-agent decision to choose \nTampa Bay meant: \"Simeon [was] one of the best, if not the best, pass-rushers \nof my generation. I want to thank [him] for choosing Tampa when [he was] a \nfree agent to make our defense complete.\" In 2025, the Buccaneers inducted \nRice as the 16th member of their Ring of Honor. The custom orange jersey \nsigned by Rice is the piece that carries the autograph of the player \nBrooks called the best pass-rusher of his generation — in the franchise \ncolorway that the Tampa Bay faithful have carried through four decades \nof Buccaneers football.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis \u003cstrong\u003eTampa Bay Buccaneers Custom Orange Football Jersey\u003c\/strong\u003e \nwith sewn-in name and numbers has been \u003cstrong\u003ehand-signed by Simeon Rice\u003c\/strong\u003e \nwith a bold, clean autograph. Authentication is provided by \n\u003cstrong\u003eBeckett Authentication Services (BAS)\u003c\/strong\u003e with their tamper-proof \nhologram, verifiable at Beckett's official website.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Highlights\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-signed by \u003cstrong\u003eSimeon Rice\u003c\/strong\u003e — Super Bowl XXXVII champion, \nTampa Bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor (2025), 122-sack career pass rusher\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTampa Bay Buccaneers Custom Orange Football Jersey with sewn-in \nname and numbers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBAS authenticated\u003c\/strong\u003e — tamper-proof Beckett hologram, \nverifiable at Beckett's official website\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e122 career sacks\u003c\/strong\u003e — 23rd all-time in NFL history; \n3 Pro Bowls; 1 First-Team All-Pro; 2 Second-Team All-Pro; \n1996 Defensive Rookie of the Year\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLed the NFL in sacks from 1998-2005\u003c\/strong\u003e with 101.5 — \nmore than Hall of Famers Michael Strahan and Jason Taylor over \nthe same eight-year span\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSuper Bowl XXXVII champion\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2 sacks of league MVP \nRich Gannon in the 48-21 victory over Oakland; 4 postseason sacks total \nin the Buccaneers' championship run\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTampa Bay Ring of Honor — 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e: inducted as the \n16th member, joining the four Hall of Famers from the same 2002 \ndefensive roster (Brooks, Sapp, Lynch, Barber)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBacked by our \u003cstrong\u003eLifetime Authenticity Guarantee\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Defense He Made Complete\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo understand what Simeon Rice brought to the 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, \nit helps to understand what was already there before he arrived. \nDerrick Brooks — one of the greatest linebackers in NFL history, \nNFL Defensive Player of the Year in 2002. Warren Sapp — the most \ndominant interior defensive tackle of his era, NFL Defensive Player \nof the Year in 1999. John Lynch — nine Pro Bowls, considered one of \nthe hardest-hitting safeties the game has produced. Ronde Barber — \nthe only player in NFL history with 45+ interceptions and 25+ sacks. \n\u003cstrong\u003eAll four are in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.\u003c\/strong\u003e \nRice joined that defense in 2001 as a free agent and immediately \nprovided the one dimension it most needed: a pure pass-rush threat \nfrom the edge who could be counted on for double-digit sacks in every \nseason he was healthy. He delivered 11.0 in 2001, 15.5 in 2002 \n(First-Team All-Pro), 15.0 in 2003, 12.0 in 2004, and 14.0 in 2005 — \nfive consecutive seasons of at least 11 sacks, making Rice one of \nonly five players in NFL history at the time to accomplish that for \nthe same franchise. The custom orange jersey signed by Rice is the piece \nof the player Derrick Brooks specifically thanked for completing the \ndefense that the Hall of Fame has otherwise recognized in full.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003e101.5 — The NFL's Sack Leader from 1998 to 2005\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Strahan won the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award. \nHe set the single-season sack record with 22.5 in 2001. He was \ninducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in his second year of \neligibility. \u003cstrong\u003eFrom 1998 to 2005, Simeon Rice had more sacks \nthan Strahan.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rice's 101.5 sacks in that eight-year span \nled every defensive player in the NFL — outpacing Strahan, Jason \nTaylor, Dwight Freeney, and every other pass rusher of his generation \nacross the same window of time. Rice's 122 career sacks rank 23rd \nall-time, accumulated in just 12 NFL seasons — a pace that compares \nfavorably to every player on the all-time list ahead of him. \nHis eight career 10+ sack seasons are tied for the seventh-most \nin NFL history, a company that consists almost entirely of Hall of \nFamers. His seven career postseason sacks — in just seven playoff \nstarts — reflect the same production level sustained from the \nregular season into the games that matter most. The orange Buccaneers \njersey signed by Rice carries the autograph of the pass rusher whose \nsustained production across eight years led every defensive player \nin the sport — regardless of what the Hall of Fame ballot has \nso far reflected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSuper Bowl XXXVII — The First Championship in Tampa Bay History\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2002 Buccaneers' Super Bowl run was three playoff wins against \nthe San Francisco 49ers, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Oakland Raiders. \nIn those three games, Rice totaled 4.0 sacks. \u003cstrong\u003eTwo of them came \nin Super Bowl XXXVII itself — both sacks of Rich Gannon, the NFL's \nleague MVP that season.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rice's first Super Bowl sack came \non Oakland's opening possession, forcing the Raiders to settle for a \nfield goal instead of a touchdown. The Buccaneers scored the next \n34 points. Tampa Bay won 48-21, the most lopsided Super Bowl result \nat that time, and delivered the first championship in franchise history. \nRice's 15.5 regular-season sacks had led the team and earned him \nFirst-Team All-Pro recognition. His 4.0 postseason sacks led the \nteam again. The Super Bowl ring Rice earned that February is the \ncredential the custom orange Buccaneers jersey most directly honors — \nthe championship piece for the player who was the pass-rush engine \nof the most dominant defensive performance in a Super Bowl the \nsport had produced to that point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eRing of Honor — 2025\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2025, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers inducted Simeon Rice as the \n16th member of their Ring of Honor — the fifth defensive player \nfrom the 2002 Super Bowl championship roster to receive the \ndistinction, joining Brooks, Sapp, Lynch, and Barber. The Buccaneers' \nofficial statement described Rice's career as \"Hall of Fame-worthy\" \nand credited him with immediately elevating an already dominant defense \ninto one of the greatest of all time upon his 2001 arrival. \u003cstrong\u003eRice \nranks third in Buccaneers franchise history with 69.5 sacks in his \nsix Tampa Bay seasons\u003c\/strong\u003e — behind only Pro Football Hall of Famers \nLee Roy Selmon and Warren Sapp. He led the team in sacks for five \nconsecutive seasons and owns five of the top-10 single-season sack \ntotals in franchise history. The Ring of Honor induction is the most \ncurrent available statement of how the Tampa Bay organization evaluates \nRice's contribution — and the orange custom jersey signed by Rice \nis the piece in the franchise's most historically resonant colorway, \nsigned by the player who has now formally joined its most honored class.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis jersey is certified by \u003cstrong\u003eBeckett Authentication Services (BAS)\u003c\/strong\u003e \nwith their tamper-proof hologram. 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