Buccaneers tackle who became the highest-paid OL in NFL history in 2024 and earned it again in 2025.
Tristan Wirfs made first-team All-Pro at right tackle in 2021 and 2022, then moved to the more demanding left tackle position and made first-team All-Pro there in 2024. The 2025 season earned a fourth straight Pro Bowl. He signed a five-year, $140 million extension in July 2024 that briefly made him the highest-paid offensive lineman in football.
Path to the league
Iowa Hawkeye taken 13th overall by Tampa Bay in 2020. Started all 16 games at right tackle as a rookie. Made the Pro Bowl in year two. Moved to left tackle in 2024 and made the All-Pro team there immediately.
Career highlights
4x Pro Bowl (2021-2024). 3x First-team All-Pro (2021, 2022 at RT; 2024 at LT). Super Bowl LV champion (rookie). Only OL to make first-team All-Pro at both RT and LT in the past 20 years.
2025 season recap
Made his fourth Pro Bowl. Tampa won the NFC South for the third straight year. Wirfs allowed three sacks all season and had the highest PFF pass-blocking grade among left tackles. He's locked in as the franchise's blindside protector through 2028.
Sources
- Wikipedia: Tristan Wirfs
- Pro Football Reference: Tristan Wirfs
Player Profile
Background
- Position
- Offensive Tackle
- Group
- offense
- College
- Iowa
- Hometown
- Mount Vernon, IA, USA
- Age
- 27
- Status
- active
