The Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday traded cornerback Eric Wright to the San Francisco 49ers. The Bucs received a 2013 conditional pick, ESPN reports.
Tampa Bay signed Wright last year as a free agent, but he never lived up to the five-year, $37.5 million contract he signed. He missed part of the offseason program to deal with an undisclosed medical condition, and he missed four games during the regular season for violating the league's performance-enhancing drug policy.
During the offseason, Wright appeared likely to remain with the Bucs after restructuring his contract and agreeing to take a big pay cut.
The trade adds depth for the 49ers at cornerback. Wright joins Nnamdi Asomugha, Carlos Rogers, Chris Culliver and Perrish Cox.
Tampa Bay rookie Johnthan Banks is expected to start opposite of Darrelle Revis, who coach Greg Schiano believes will be on the field for the first day of training camp on July 25. Revis, who signed this offseason with Tampa, is coming off ACL surgery.
Bucs offensive lineman Donald Penn took to Twitter to share his disappointment about the trade.
Wright, 27, played his first two years of college football at USC before transferring to UNLV for one year. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the second round of the 2007 NFL draft and played one season for the Detroit Lions in 2011 before joining the Bucs.
In his career, he has 360 total tackles, three forced fumbles and 14 interceptions.
