Bucs coach Lovie Smith says quarterback Jameis Winston has done everything right in his first two months in Tampa.

Smith told the team’s website that the Buccaneers believed when they drafted Winston that they were getting a young man who handles himself the way a franchise quarterback is supposed to handle himself. And that’s what they’ve found.

“I thought he would be a certain way, and that’s what he’s been. All of the positive things you’ve heard about Jameis is what we’ve been able to see. He is very smart. He is a gym rat – football junkie. He does have personality. His glass is half full every day,” Smith said.

The Buccaneers are also finding that their young quarterback exudes leadership qualities.

“He has a lot of confidence in himself and he’s got a way of rallying people where they believe in him and want to be around him,” Smith said. “As a rookie coming in, that can be hard when you come in a veteran locker room but he’s held every situation we’ve put him in well. But for him now, too, it’s about that process and this next phase, what he does between now and training camp and then what he does in training camp, will be important.”

That’s exactly what the Bucs want to see from the leader of their franchise.