He was selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL draft.

[2] Playing for Wisconsin, Cichy recorded three consecutive sacks in the 2015 Holiday Bowl, a sequence that gained much notoriety.

[5] The Buccaneers acquired the pick used to select Cichy by trading J. J. Wilcox to the Pittsburgh Steelers.

[6] He played in six games before suffering a torn ACL in Week 7, and was subsequently placed on injured reserve on October 22, 2018.

[12] He was waived with a failed physical designation on December 9, 2020,[13][14] and re-signed to the practice squad two days later.