Canadian rookie tight end Auclair makes Buccaneers’ 53-man roster
It was at the start of his second season with the Laval Rouge et Or that Antony Auclair let himself think about a possible NFL career. On Saturday, that dream became a reality.
The six-foot-five, 256-pound tight end from Notre-Dame-des-Pins, Que., cracked the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ opening-day roster. Auclair becomes the first player in Laval’s rich football history to make an NFL squad, doing so as an undrafted free agent.
But the 24-year-old admitted he was having a little difficulty fully realizing what he’s done.
“Right now Facebook is going crazy . . . I think people are really proud,” Auclair said during a conference call. “For me, it’s hard to realize what’s going on right now because I’m always focusing on the next game, the next day and the next practice.