White focused on season after reaching 'good agreement' with Bucs

Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Devin White said he's content with his current situation despite requesting a trade earlier this offseason.

"I just wanted to be the guy here for a long time," White said, according to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times.

"After just sitting down with coach (Todd) Bowles and (general manager) Jason Licht and just understanding their plans for me ... we all came to a good agreement, and that's why I'm here, just focusing on the season now."

White requested a trade in April. He's scheduled to make $11.7 million this season after the Bucs picked up the fifth-year option on his deal, according to Over The Cap.

White wants to be the highest-paid linebacker in the league, and the Buccaneers are refusing to meet his demands, according to Jeremy Fowler of ESPN.

The Baltimore Ravens made Roquan Smith the highest-paid linebacker in the league last October, signing him to a five-year, $100 million contract extension.

"I don't think it's no regrets," White said regarding his trade request, according to Pewter Report. "I don't think it's just about being paid. It's just about being a guy who was drafted here and doing a lot for this program. I just want to be the long-term guy."

He added: "We just didn't make it happen when I wanted it to. And that's why I got a little selfish. Even knowing I still had the fifth-year option and that was the thing in play."

White is the only NFL player to record 120 tackles and 15 quarterback hits in a single campaign over the last three years.

The 25-year-old has 483 tackles and 20.5 sacks in 62 career games.

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