The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have activated linebacker Devin White from the reserve/COVID-19 list.
It is a move that sets White up to return for the Bucs' Divisional Round playoff meeting with their NFC South rivals the New Orleans Saints.
White missed the Buccaneers win over the Washington Football Team in the Wild Card round on Saturday having been placed on the list, used for players who have caught the virus or who have come into close contact with an infected person.
Defensive tackle Steve McLendon was also activated from the list on Monday.
It is the return of White, however, that is more likely to be key to the Tampa defense against a Saints team that swept the regular-season series with the Bucs.
A first-round pick in 2019, White is pivotal to the Buccaneers as a pass-rushing threat from the middle of the defense.
His nine regular-season sacks were second on the team behind Jason Pierre-Paul (9.5), who was one of only four Bucs defenders to have more pressures than White's 19.
The Buccaneers visit the Saints on Sunday, looking to progress to the NFC Championship game for the first time since the 2002 season, when they beat the Philadelphia Eagles en route to glory in Super Bowl XXXVII.