Buccaneers star rookie Devin White leaves game with knee injury

This is not what anyone wanted to see early on during Thursday night’s game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers.

With a wet field that included a weather delay, conditions were not great inside Bank of America Stadium in Carolina.

Unfortunately, the early portion of this game also included Buccaneers rookie No. 5 overall pick, linebacker Devin White, leaving early in the first quarter with a knee injury.

Devin White (Knee) is OUT for the rest of the game.
Due to the lack of cameras from NFL Network b/c of lightning, here's the only angle of White's injury from the network broadcast. Looks like it's his left knee.@NFLSTROUD @gregauman @TampaBayTre #GoBucs #KeepPounding #TBvsCAR pic.twitter.com/wmrDI6RBkV

— John Sabol (@John_Sabol) September 13, 2019

Tampa Bay almost immediately ruled him out for the remainder of the game. That’s usually not a great sign.

Bucs injury update: rookie LB Devin White has a knee injury and will not return to tonight's game.

— Scott Smith (@ScottSBucs) September 13, 2019

White is being relied on to play a huge role as a rookie. The LSU product is seen as one of the better inside linebacker prospects to enter the league in some time.

In fact, he’s the highest drafted player at this position since Aaron Curry back in 2009. White recorded six tackles in his NFL regular season debut last week.

We’ll have further updates as they become available.