MSU’s Sadler gets shot to show strength at Bucs minicamp

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Ed Itor in Rexrode

EAST LANSING – “The door is closing…” Mike Sadler said in a text message Saturday night as he waited on NFL teams to contact him.

The draft was over. The free-agent scramble was more than an hour old. Things were looking bleak.

But before the former Michigan State punter went to bed that night with a different future in mind, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers called with an opportunity. He didn’t get a contract, but Sadler will punt for the Bucs at a rookie minicamp starting Friday to try to show that he is stronger and more capable than his final two seasons at MSU suggest. - Read more at Freep.com