← Trade archive

Jim Peterson to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers

April 1976 · Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

This trade is the root of the Jim Peterson (1976) trade tree — the full chain is traced there.

The trade

Los Angeles Rams receives

  • a 1976 fourth-round pick (No. 94, became Gerald Taylor)
  • a 1976 fifth-round pick (No. 155, became Dwight Scales)

Tampa Bay Buccaneers receives

  • LB Jim Peterson

Trade context

The Buccaneers acquired linebacker Jim Peterson from the Rams for two 1976 draft picks.

Full trade terms

On April 1976, Los Angeles Rams sent LB Jim Peterson to Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a 1976 fourth-round pick (No. 94, became Gerald Taylor) and a 1976 fifth-round pick (No. 155, became Dwight Scales).

What the assets did next

Sources