Gradkowski signs with Buccaneers

7/25/2006

TAMPA Sixth-round draft pick Bruce Gradkowski signed a contract yesterday with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

A three-year starter at the University of Toledo, Gradkowski became the first quarterback in major college football history to complete more than 70 percent of

his passes in consecutive seasons, in 2003 and 2004.

He fi nished with a career completion percentage of 68.2, a Division I-A record.

To make room on the roster, fullback Robert Douglas was released.