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stestansfield'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 8, 2026

Bucs reload their defsenive side

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Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (TB)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Derrick Moore Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (TB)
Derrick Moore
DE-EDGE Michigan
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (TB)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (TB)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
Hezekiah Masses Head Shot
PICK: 155 RND: 5 (TB)
Hezekiah Masses
CB California
Beau Stephens Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (TB)
Beau Stephens
OG Iowa
Pat Coogan Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (TB)
Pat Coogan
C Indiana
Fa'alili Fa'amoe Head Shot
PICK: 229 RND: 7 (TB)
Fa'alili Fa'amoe
OT Wake Forest
Draft Picks Received
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Beau Stephens Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Beau Stephens
OG Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
Draft Grade — Buccaneers
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesC FutureB
Golday should have been long gone. The Buccaneers pounced, and earned a B-.

The board owed the Buccaneers one, and it paid up: Jake Golday, the No. 58 name on the board, sitting there at slot 116 like a gift left on the doorstep.

A whole weekend of picks and interior defensive lineman is somehow still a want. If Fa'amoe pans out, nobody remembers the price. If not, this is the pick they hear about.

Spending an early pick on linebacker with interior defensive lineman, tight end and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Sonny Styles. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick46 Rnd2 Derrick Moore
They liked Derrick Moore enough to skip the value, taking him in pick No. 46. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick77 Rnd3 Jacob Rodriguez
A curious use of slot 77. Interior defensive lineman, tight end and other spots needed the pick; a linebacker in Jacob Rodriguez did not.
Pick116 Rnd4 Jake Golday
A top-tier edge rusher at a bargain, Jake Golday in the 116th pick, plain and simple. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick155 Rnd5 Hezekiah Masses
They let Hezekiah Masses come to them and pounced at the Round 5 slot. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick163 Rnd5 Beau Stephens
A reasonable price with a little left over, Beau Stephens in Round 5, Pick 23. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick195 Rnd6 Pat Coogan
Pat Coogan in pick 195 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick229 Rnd7 Fa'alili Fa'amoe
They paid a round early for Fa'alili Fa'amoe in the 229th overall pick, more than the board wanted. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.