Rudy Carpenter is finding ways to contribute this off-season, even as the third-string QB.

Thanks to Pat Yasinkas of ESPN.com for reporting this interesting Bucs tidbit. It seems as though Josh Freeman isn’t the only Buccaneer teaching the playbook this offseason, in a move that is a testament to the commitment of the Bucs roster from top to bottom, Rudy Carpenter will be meeting with Bucs’ 6th round pick Allen Bradford in Westlake, California to for an offensive introduction to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

“It’s hard for any young guy to learn the offense when you don’t have the time at the facility,’’ Carpenter said by telephone from California on Wednesday night. “I’m not going to be able to teach him the whole playbook because we install new stuff all the time. But my plan is to go over our most basic running plays and our most basic passing plays with him just to give him something to build on. I’ll run him through the verbiage we use in the huddle and we’ll work out.”

Carpenter is a third year quarterback out of Arizona State who resides in California in the off-season. When the Buccaneers selected Allen Bradford out of USC in the 6th round Carpenter called their mutual friend, Browns 4th round pick Jordan Cameron, a tight end who had played with Bradford at USC. Carpenter as Cameron to make the introduction and the two have been meeting to go delve into the playoff several times a week since.

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