David Sills V

Career StatsD+

Year	Team	GP	Rec	Yards	TD
Career		30	31	314	2
2025		17	18	191	2
2024		3	4	53	0
2023		3

Current Contract

Contract Value Index (CVI)

Net of age, position, and term, David Sills V's deal earns a C Contract Value Index. At $795K AAV, this is a replacement-level contract for a depth receiver, and the economics align perfectly with his actual production: across 17 games in the 2025 season, Sills managed just 191 receiving yards, a statistical floor that validates the minimal investment Tampa Bay is making. The salary sits well below market rate for even a solid depth piece at receiver, which makes sense given his career arc as a 5-year veteran who has never graduated beyond reserve snaps. The real value proposition here isn't Sills as a talent—his D+ performance grade reflects his modest ceiling—but rather the organizational familiarity with offensive coordinator Zac Robinson from their Atlanta time, which the media correctly frames as scheme continuity and a low-risk camp body. Tampa Bay's read on this move is accurate: Sills will compete for practice-squad depth or emergency third-receiver snaps, and the contract reflects that realistic role, making the CVI grade a fair reflection of a low-stakes, appropriately-priced transaction that carries minimal risk but correspondingly zero upside.

Contracts in the Same Value Band

Other same-position deals the Contract Value Index also places in the C band — a quick read on where David's contract sits relative to comparable money.

Performance Analysis

Per-game impact for David Sills V pencils out to a D+ performance grade. At age 30 in his fifth NFL season, Sills operates as a replacement-level receiver whose production numbers confirm that classification — his 2025 season yielded 191 receiving yards across 17 games, a total that underscores his role as organizational depth rather than a functional contributor to Tampa Bay's passing game. The modest tackle count of 2 across a full season further illustrates the lack of involvement in any meaningful offensive system. His durability is genuine — he appeared in all 17 games for Atlanta in 2025 — but availability without production remains the hallmark of a camp body signing rather than a roster difference-maker. The media consensus frames this as a scheme-continuity move tied to familiarity with offensive coordinator Zac Robinson, but that administrative convenience should not be mistaken for competitive upside; Sills will compete for third-receiver snaps or practice squad positioning in training camp, and barring multiple injuries ahead of him on the depth chart, that's the ceiling of his Tampa Bay tenure. At this stage of his career, he represents a low-risk, zero-expectations flyer on a receiver who has never demonstrated the productivity to warrant starter or consistent reserve-role consideration.

How David Compares at the Position

David Sills V ranks 221st of 295 graded wide receivers by performance. That slots David between Dennis Houston (D+) just ahead and Mason Kinsey (D+) just behind.

Fan Sentiment

Inside the Tampa Bay Buccaneers ecosystem, the take on David Sills V settles at a C+ sentiment grade. The media reception has been decidedly muted—five headlines confirmed the signing, but there's been virtually no substantive analysis or enthusiasm surrounding the move, with beat writers treating it as routine transaction logging rather than a meaningful roster addition. The framing centers on administrative convenience: his familiarity with offensive coordinator Zac Robinson from their time together in Atlanta is being read as scheme continuity and a low-risk camp-competition move, not a strategic depth upgrade. That lukewarm narrative tracks squarely with his on-field production—across 17 games in the 2025 season, Sills managed just 191 receiving yards, the statistical profile of a replacement-level receiver who has never forced a rethink on that assessment. Fan consensus views this as a camp body signing with a realistic ceiling of practice squad depth unless injuries create unexpected opportunity, and there's no emerging narrative momentum suggesting otherwise. The sentiment grade sits steady at C+ because the move registers as exactly what it is: a low-stakes organizational roll of the dice on a former reserve, generating the kind of shoulder-shrugging reception that defines peripheral depth additions in the NFL.